In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
JUDICIAL COUNCIL
OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT
IN RE COMPLAINT OF JUDICIAL No. 07-89012
MISCONDUCT
ORDER
Filed December 10, 2008
Before: THOMPSON, THOMAS, GRABER, McKEOWN, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, GONZALEZ, LASNIK, STOTLER and WHALEY, Chief District Judges, and HATTER, District Judge.
Order
Pursuant to Chapter III of the Rules of the Judicial Council Governing Complaints of Judicial Misconduct or Disability under 28 U.S.C. § 352(c), complainant has filed a petition for review of the order of the Chief Judge entered on May 14, 2008, dismissing the complaint against a district judge and a magistrate judge of this circuit. Complainant supplemented the petition with a motion to disqualify Judge Sidney R. Thomas.
We have carefully reviewed the record and the authorities cited by the Chief Judge in his order of dismissal. We con- clude there is no basis for overturning the order of dismissal, and affirm the order. The motion to disqualify Judge Thomas is denied.1 1 Judge Thomas did not participate in the disqualification vote.
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