Legal Opinion
In Re Charge of Judicial Misconduct
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1986No. 1986PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES R. BROWNING, Chief Judge.
A complaint alleging misconduct has been filed against a former bankruptcy judge of this circuit pursuant to the Ninth Circuit Procedures for Processing Complaints of Judicial Misconduct, 28 U.S.C. 9th Cir.R.App. B, issued under the Judicial Councils Reform and Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980. Pub.L. No. 96-458, 94 Stat. 2035 (1980).
The statute permits the filing of complaints only against circuit, district, or bankruptcy judges, or magistrates, 28 U.S.C. § 372(c)(1) (1982), and only regarding “conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re Charge of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re Complaint of Judicial MisconductUnited States Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability · 2014
- In Re Complaint of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5485, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8970 in Re Charge of Judicial MisconductCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996