As part of her June request for a new trial, the Kamas-area mom and former real estate agent argued her judge was overly biased. That’s according to his colleague Judge Kara Pettit, to whom he referred Kouri Richins’ request to disqualify him. Pettit’s July 29 ruling states Richins’ attorneys failed to file additional paperwork necessary to disqualify a judge. Richins’ request for a new trial is still pending. Prosecutors want Mrazik to make Richins pay back $1.3 million in life insurance she collected on her late husband Eric Richins.