Legal Opinion
In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 23, 2009No. 08-90149, 09-90102, 09-90103, 09-90104PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
Two misconduct complaints have been filed against four district judges. Complainant filed three civil rights actions in district court and the matters were assigned to the subject judges.
The first misconduct complaint alleges that one of the judges improperly issued an order to show cause and improperly designated complainant a vexatious litigant. These claims relate directly to the merits of the judge’s rulings and must therefore be dismissed. See 28 U.S.C. § 352(b)(1)(A)(ii); Judicial-Conduct Rule 11(c)(1)(B); In re Charge of Judicial Misconduct, 685 F.2d 1226,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re Charge of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
3Cited by14 opinions
- In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- In re Complaint of Judicial MisconductJudicial Council of The Ninth Circuit · 2011
- In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- In re Complaint of Judicial MisconductJudicial Council of The Ninth Circuit · 2016
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