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Title: Keith v. Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center
Author : State of Wisconsin in Court of Appeals District IV
Release Date : January 12, 2006
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 72 KB

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2 Keith first argues that the circuit judge should have disqualified himself under "ch. 757." We assume Keith is referring to WIS. STAT.Â§ 757.19 (2003-04), which covers disqualification of judges. Keith apparently wrote to the chief judge of the district questioning whether the assigned judge should be disqualified, but that letter is not included in the record. The record does include the chief judges response, which stated that the assigned judges previous employment as secretary of the Department of Corrections was no basis for disqualification unless the assigned judge believes he could not be fair. The record also includes Keiths reply to that letter, in which he stated that he was "not expressly trying to eliminate" the assigned judge; that he has reviewed "many" of the assigned judges decisions that went to the court of appeals and were affirmed "as based upon sound judgment;" and which concluded by saying Keith "would be proud to have [the assigned judge] continue as the judge in this action."