Villalobos, Rodolfo

Applicant Rodolfo Villalobos filed a Petition for Removal or Disqualification of the WCJ in his consolidated claims against Sherwin Williams (permissibly self-insured, administered by Gallagher Bassett Services). The WCAB considered the petition's allegations alongside the WCJ's report on the merits. The Board found that applicant failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm and that reconsideration would be an adequate remedy, so removal was denied. As to disqualification, the Board found the petition did not set forth specific facts, declared under penalty of perjury, sufficient to establish bias or a fixed opinion under Code of Civil Procedure section 641(f) or (g). Accordingly, the Board denied the Petition for Removal and Disqualification in its entirety.