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Kazen opts for judicial panel to decide lawsuit BY TRICIA CORTEZ Times staff writer Chief U.S. District Judge George P. Kazen, said Wednesday he did not agree with the 11 Democratic state senators' decision to oppose Republican redistricting by "not showing up for work." At the same time, however, Kazen said, "Let's chill out for a while and stop, stop spending taxpayers money and get this ruled on ... (Civility) has been the sad victim in all of this." He likened the bitter Republican-Democrat standoff to "the Middle East" with both camps looking for "total victory or total surrender." He...