Bontilao v. Superior Court of Santa Clara Cnty.

*986In this case we consider the timeliness of a motion to disqualify a judge pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 170.61 filed in connection with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner Arprubertito Bontilao brought a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the superior court challenging a decision by the Board of Parole Hearings (the Board) denying him parole. Pursuant to Maas v. Superior Court (2016) 1 Cal.5th 962, 209 Cal.Rptr.3d 571, 383 P.3d 637 ( Maas ), Bontilao requested that the superior court inform him of the identity of the judge assigned to consider his petition.…