In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
Complainant has filed an Emergency Motion to Stay Proceedings Below captioned as a motion in this misconduct proceeding. The misconduct complaint is pending before me in my administrative capacity as presiding officer of the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit. The Judicial Council is not a court and has no authority to interfere with judicial proceedings. In re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct, 630 F.3d 1262 (9th Cir. Jud. Council 2011). Complainant cites 28 U.S.C. § 2106 but that statute only applies to “court(s) of appellate jurisdiction,” which the Judicial…
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