Legal Opinion
Michael Schmier v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2002No. 01-16105UnpublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
Michael Schmier, an attorney practicing employment law in the California federal courts, appeals from a decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California holding that, as a matter of law, Schmier had failed to establish standing based on a complaint alleging that the Circuit Rules prohibiting citation to unpublished opinions violate his constitutional rights. Because Schmier’s complaint does nothing more than allege a speculative and abstract interest in having these Circuit Rules invalidated, and because nothing in the complaint…
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