A move to boot Kern County Superior Court Gregory Pulskamp off the long-running Kern River lawsuit was denied, according to a ruling issued Tuesday by the assistant presiding judge of the court. The Kern County Water Agency filed a motion May 30 to remove Pulskamp citing its belief the judge would be biased against the agency because a preliminary injunction he had issued requiring enough water be kept in the river for fish was overturned by the 5th District Court of Appeal. … Typically, disqualification motions come after a trial outcome is reversed, not in the middle of an ongoing lawsuit, according to attorney Adam Keats, who represents Bring Back the Kern and several other public interest groups fighting to get water back in the riverbed through Bakersfield. The agency, however, argued in its motion that the injunction and reversal should be considered similar to a trial. No, they are not similar, states a motion by the City of Bakersfield urging Kern’s presiding judge to deny the agency’s motion.