In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
JUDICIAL COUNCIL
OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT
IN RE COMPLAINT OF JUDICIAL Nos. 08-90066,
MISCONDUCT 08-90067,
08-90068, 08-90069, 08-90070, 08-90071, 08-90072, 08-90073, 08-90074, 08-90075, 08-90076, 08-90077, 08-90078, 08-90079, 08-90080, 08-90081, 08-90179, 08-90187, 08-90188, 08-90243, 08-90244, 09-90046, 09-90047 and 09-90050
ORDER
Filed May 27, 2009
6147 6148 IN RE COMPLAINT OF JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT
ORDER
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
Complainant, a pro se prisoner, filed six misconduct com- plaints and several supplements against fourteen circuit judges, five district judges, and three magistrate judges. Com- plainant filed several civil rights actions and a habeas petition in district court, and numerous appeals and mandamus peti- tions relating to those matters. The subject judges were assigned to those matters.
The Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Pro- ceedings require that judges named in a misconduct complaint be disqualified from considering the complaint. See Judicial- Conduct Rule 25(b). But rigid adherence to the disqualifica- tion requirement is not required where…