Vega, Jorge

Defendant filed a petition for removal challenging a June 24, 2025 order setting the matter for trial, arguing that discovery was incomplete. After the petition was filed, the parties proceeded to trial on September 18, 2025, where the trial judge took the matter off calendar over applicant's objection to permit the additional discovery defendant had requested. Because defendant obtained the relief it sought, the Appeals Board dismissed the petition as moot. The Board admonished that, absent extraordinary circumstances, it is improvident to file petitions for removal from orders setting a matter for trial, and that parties should instead raise discovery requests with the assigned trial judge and create a record for review.