In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct

ORDER

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:

A misconduct complaint has been filed against a district judge. Complainant filed a pro se federal habeas petition, and the matter was assigned to the subject judge. The judge also presided over a state civil suit by complainant prior to joining the federal bench.

The bulk of complainant’s allegations involve the judge’s rulings as a state court judge in the earlier proceeding. Because the plain language of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act limits its scope to conduct by federal judicial officers, 28 U.S.C. §§ 351(a) and (d)(1), these allegations must be…