Key legal question
Whether the recusal request against Marie-Pierre Bernel was admissible or premature before a new formal request was filed
Extracted holding
The cantonal court could validly understand the applicant's letter as covering the president of the court and did not decide prematurely.
Extracted reasoning
The 13 December 2010 letter already sought recusal of all judges of the Lausanne district court, including its president, subject to conditions that were not met; no new formal request was required.