In the Matter of the Investigation of the Administration of the Bankruptcy Court. Appeal of Bankruptcy Judge Gordon Thompson

The district court order removing petitioner Gordon Thompson as bankruptcy judge of the District of North Dakota was stayed by this court pending appeal on October 19, 1979, and is now before this court for review.

We have reviewed the 'briefs and record and have been assured that Thompson has sufficiently recovered his health to be present at a hearing and assist his counsel. We therefore hold, in the exercise of our general supervisory authority, that it is in the interest of the administration of justice that Thompson be given a hearing, with the opportunity to supplement the record and…