In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct

FOR PUBLICATION JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 16-90121 IN RE COMPLAINT OF JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT ORDER Filed October 3, 2016 ORDER THOMAS, Chief Judge: Complainant alleges that the district judge presiding over his criminal case has acted “without lawful authority” because the judge, upon being sworn in, gave a version of the judicial oath that preceded the standard language prescribed at 28 U.S.C. § 453, as amended by the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990. Both the district court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have previously rejected this or similar arguments raised by…