County of Los Angeles; Acclamation Santa Clarita Yolanda Sablan WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD STATE OF CALIFORNIAYOLANDA SABLAN, Applicantvs.COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; ACCLAMATION SANTA CLARITA, DefendantsReal Parties in Interest:Marisa Schermbeck Nelson; South Bay Surgical Spine; South Bay Surgical and Spine Institute; Accounts Receivable LTD; Accounts Receivable Acquisitions; and, Frontline Medical Associates, Inc.,Adjudication Number: SAU2545427 Van Nuys District OfficeOPINION AND ORDERS DISMISSING PETITION FOR DISQUALIFICATION, GRANTING PETITIONS FOR REMOVAL AND DECISION AFTER REMOVAL Real parties in interest (lien claimants) seek disqualification of workers’ compensation administrative law judge Alan L. Skelly (WCJ Skelly). In addition, lien claimants seek removal of two interim orders issued by WCJ Skelly on November 14, 2019, wherein the WCJ denied lien claimants’ “Petition Regarding Jurisdiction to Determine Whether Labor Code section 139.21 Applies to Their Lien” (Jurisdiction Removal and Jurisdiction Order); and, wherein the WCJ denied the joint petition of lien claimants and the Department of Industrial Relations Anti-Fraud Unit to vacate the trial date (Vacate Removal and Vacate Order). Lien claimants contend that WCJ Skelly must be disqualified because he has “formed or expressed an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits of the action” (Code Civ. Proc., § 641(f)), and/or that he has demonstrated “[t]he existence of a state of mind … evincing enmity against or bias toward either party” (Code Civ. Proc., § 641(g)). In the Vacate Removal, lien claimants contend that they were denied due process because they were neither given notice nor the opportunity to be heard during Ms. Nelson’s suspension proceedings, and were not given notice , of proceedings in the above captioned consolidated matter until December 20, 2018, which prevented them from preparing for the January 10, 2019 MSC where discovery was closed and the matte
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