Legal Opinion

In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 19, 2009No. 08-90241PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:

Complainant, a pro se litigant, has filed a hefty misconduct complaint replete with addendums, exhibits, hearing transcripts, news articles and sundry other bits of information — a total of over 400 pages. The judge who is the subject of this tome was assigned to complainant’s civil case in district court.

The gist of complainant s allegations appears to be that the judge has unduly delayed the resolution of her case. But delay is not misconduct “unless the allegation concerns an improper motive in delaying a particular decision or habitual delay in a significant…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009

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