Legal Opinion

In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 27, 2009No. 07-89141PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:

Complainant first presented his claims in a criminal proceeding and two civil cases, wherein the subject district judge presided. Unhappy with the results, complainant filed a motion to disqualify. In fact, he filed five motions to disqualify and two motions to reconsider those motions to disqualify. Complainant was declared a vexatious litigant and made subject to a pre-filing review order. He now brings a misconduct complaint and four supplements, all concerning the same judge.

The judicial misconduct system is emphatically not a forum for disappointed litigants to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Charge of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
  2. In re Complaint of Judicial MisconductJudicial Council of The Ninth Circuit · 2011
  3. In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
  4. In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
  5. In re Complaint of Judicial MisconductJudicial Council of The Ninth Circuit · 2016

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