Legal Opinion
A. Wallace Tashima, United States District Judge v. Administrative Office of the United States Courts L. Ralph Mecham, Director
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1992No. 89-55906PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
L. Ralph Mecham, Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (“AO”), appeals the district court’s declaratory judgment directing the Administrative Office to pay legal expenses incurred by Judge Tashima. Judge Tashima was represented by private counsel in three suits in which the validity of a local district court rule was disputed. This court has jurisdiction over this timely appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm the district court’s judgment.
BACKGROUND
By majority vote, the judges of the Central District of California adopted Local Rule 2.2.1…
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