Administration Wants to Remove Judge from SEIU Lawsuit

The judge who exempted State Compensation Insurance Fund attorneys from the unpaid furloughs ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won't get a chance to issue a similar ruling in favor of the carrier's rank-and-file workers, if administration officials get their way.Lawyers representing Schwarzenegger filed a motion Wednesday seeking to remove San Francisco Superior Court Judge Peter J. Busch from presiding over a lawsuit filed by Service Employees International Union Local 1000.The approximately 5,000 State Fund workers represented by SEIU are seeking an exemption from the three-days-...