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Court delays Blackwell v. Pearl after late disqualification motion
Summary
The Utah Court of Appeals granted a late-filed emergency motion seeking disqualification of two panel members in Blackwell v. Pearl and continued oral argument without setting a new date; counsel for the appellant said she filed the motion reluctantly and will change her pre-argument routine.
The Utah Court of Appeals granted an emergency motion to continue oral argument in Blackwell v. Pearl (case no. 20250324) after counsel filed a late motion seeking disqualification of two members of the panel. The presiding judge said the court treats procedural matters under a single-judge rule and continued the argument without setting a new date, saying the court would issue a ruling on the disqualification and reset the matter "as soon as possible."
Sarah Spencer, who identified herself as counsel for appellant Antonia Blackwell, told the court she had not filed such a motion in her career lightly and said she typically checks the panel listing the day before argument; she added she will check it earlier in future. Nicholas Lloyd was recorded as appearing for the Pearl. The judge offered no further comment on the merits of the disqualification request and recessed the panel until the next scheduled session.
The court did not announce a timetable for a written ruling. The panel reconvened later the same morning for a scheduled argument in a different case.
