In Re: Complaint of Judicial Misconduct
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
JUDICIAL COUNCIL
OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT
IN RE COMPLAINT OF JUDICIAL Nos. 08-90038,
MISCONDUCT 08-90050,
08-90051, 08-90054 and 08-90135
ORDER
Filed June 16, 2009
Before: David R. Thompson, Sidney R. Thomas, Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, Audrey B. Collins, Irma E. Gonzalez, Robert S. Lasnik, and Robert H. Whaley, Chief District Judges, and Terry J. Hatter, Senior District Judge.
ORDER
On April 1, 2009, the Chief Judge entered an order that required complainant to show cause why he should not be sanctioned for his abuse of the misconduct complaint proce- dure. Complainant filed a response that does not respond suf- ficiently to the order to show cause.
We have carefully reviewed the record. Complainant has filed at least ten misconduct complaints over the last five years, all but one of which have been dismissed because com- plainant’s allegations were conclusory and/or related to the merits of the subject judges’ rulings. Pursuant to Rule 10(a) of the Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Pro- ceedings, we conclude that…