The chief has spoken: District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez will continue hearing Steve Jacobs’ case against Las Vegas Sands.

In a five-page ruling, Chief District Judge David Barker of Clark County in Nevada said the casino firm failed to provide “new grounds to remove” Gonzalez from the case, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Gonzalez has been presiding over Jacobs’ suit for more than five years.

“This court thoroughly evaluated defendant’s arguments and exhibits and found no evidence Judge Gonzalez has actual bias or implied bias in favor of or against any party to this action,” Barker wrote in his ruling, according to the report.

Jacobs filed lawsuit against the Las Vegas-based casino operator after he was abruptly ousted from his CEO role at Sands China Ltd. in July 2010 for still somewhat murky reasons. Jacobs headed Sands’ China operations for about nine months before he was fired, which he claimed came after Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson “pressured him to use illegal means to gain leverage over government officials in the gambling enclave.”