Legal Opinion
Standing Committee on Discipline of the United States District Court for the Central District of California v. Stephen Yagman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1995No. 94-55918PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge KOZINSKI; Dissent by Judge WIGGINS.
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
Never far from the center of controversy, outspoken civil rights lawyer Stephen Yag-man was suspended from practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California for impugning the integrity of the court and interfering with the random selection of judges by making disparaging remarks about a judge of that court. We confront several new issues in reviewing this suspension order.
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The convoluted history of this case begins in 1991 when Yagman filed a lawsuit pro se against several…
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