Grinbaum v. Superior Court

This is a petition for a peremptory writ of mandate requiring the respondent Frank H. Dunne, judge of the superior court, to perform the acts required by him under section 170 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the selection of another judge for the trial of the proceedings in the matter of the guardianship of Julie Grinbaum, the petitioner, now pending before him for her restoration to capacity after the denial by respondent of her motion for such transfer, based upon affidavits alleging that the respondent is disqualified by reason of bias and prejudice to hear such proceeding.

The only…