Question juridique clé
Whether the Obergericht's non-entry on the recusal request amounted to a formal denial of justice.
Solution extraite
No. The written announcement of an intended recusal request was not yet a formal application, and it was not arbitrary for the Obergericht to hold that the actual request was filed only after the appeal chamber had already decided.
Motifs extraits
A formal denial of justice exists only if a duly filed request is not examined. Since the request was submitted only on 8 September 2008, after the appeal chamber's decision of 2 September 2008, the non-entry did not violate arbitrariness, fair-trial guarantees, or the right to be heard.