1.
Federal Judiciary's New Rules for Judicial Conduct and Judicial Disability Proceedings
Compare with Congressional Statute:
The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980
(28 U.S.C. §§ 351-364)
2.
The Federal Judiciary's Own Annual Statistics, as Reported in Annual Reports:
Annual Report for 1991
Annual Report for 1992
Annual Report for 1993
Annual
Report for 1994
Annual
Report for 1995
Annual
Report for 1996
Annual Report for 1997
679 complaints filed
482 complaints terminated (80% dismissed by Chief Circuit Judges as
"merits-related")
212 petitions for review to Circuit Judicial Councils -- ALL dismissed
Annual
Report for 1998
1,051 complaints filed
1, 002 complaints terminated
(72% dismissed by Chief Circuit Judges as
"merits-related")
256 petitions for review to Circuit Judicial Councils -- ALL dismissed
4 complaints investigated by special investigating committees -- resulting in 2
sanction orders & two dismissals by Circuit Judicial Councils
Judicial Conference Committee to Review Circuit Counsel Conduct & Disability
Orders ruled on a district judge's 7 related petitions for review of a 5th
Circuit Judicial Council order, following report of investigative committee,
that publicly reprimanded judge for "intemperate, abusive and intimidating
treatment of lawyers, fellow judges and others" & ordered that no new cases be
assigned to him for one year and that he not participate for three years in
certain defined cases involving certain listed judges. It substantially
affirmed but allowed for assignment of new cases if Council finds substantial
improvement in district judge's behavior
Annual Report for 1999
781 complaints filed
826 complaints terminated
(74% by Chief Circuit Judges as
"merits-related")
416 petitions for review to Circuit Judicial Councils --
ALL dismissed (with an additional 2 withdrawn)
4 terminations by Circuit Judicial Councils after report of investigative committees: 2
dismissed & 2 withdrawn
Annual Report for 2000
696 complaints filed
715 complaints terminated
(74% by Chief Circuit Judges as "merits-related")
354 petitions for review of Chief Circuit Judges' dismissals of complaints
-- ALL dismissed
Circuit Judicial Council consolidating 2 reports of investigative committee reports
-- resulting in
single public censure
Annual Report for 2001
766 complaints filed
668 complaints terminated
(65% by Chief Circuit Judges as "merits-related")
300 petitions for review of Chief Circuit Judges' dismissals of complaints --
ALL dismissed except 1 which was withdrawn
Of 5 complaints that were the subject of investigative committee reports:
Circuit Judicial Council dismissed 4 complaints (single report?) and imposed one
private censure
Annual Report for 2002
657 complaints filed
780 complaints terminated
(62% by Chief Circuit Judges as "merits-related")
375 petitions for review of Chief Circuit Judges' dismissals of complaints --
ALL dismissed by Circuit Judicial Councils
Of
2 complaints that were the subject of of an investigative committee report,
Circuit Judicial Council imposed single public censure
Annual Report for 2003
835 complaints filed
682 complaints terminated
(63% by Chief Circuit Judges as "merits-related")
317 petitions for review of Chief Circuit Judges' dismissals of complaints --
ALL dismissed by Circuit Judicial Councils
Judicial Council taking unspecified "action" on one complaint following a report
by investigative committee
Annual Report for 2004
712 complaints filed
784 complaints terminated
(66% by Chief Circuit Judges as "merits-related")
333 petitions for review of Chief Circuit Judges' dismissals of complaints --
ALL dismissed by Circuit Judicial Councils
Judicial Councils dismissing 2 complaints following report of investigative
committee
Annual Report for 2005
642 complaints filed
667 complaints terminated
(80% by Chief Circuit Judges as "merits-related")
262 petitions for review of Chief Circuit Judges' dismissals of complaints --
ALL dismissed by Circuit Judicial Councils
2nd Circuit Judicial Council dismissing 5 complaints, all arising from same
matter, after finding that "appropriate sanctions and corrective action
following report of special committee
This is the referred-to discipline (found on 2nd Circuit website):
04-08-05: Order Issued
Annual Report for 2006
643 complaints filed
619 complaints terminated
(72% by Chief Circuit judges as "merits-related")
220 petitions for review of Chief Circuit Judges' dismissals of complaints --
ALL dismissed by Circuit Judicial Councils
11th Circuit Judicial Council affirming disciplinary action of Chief Circuit
Judge in seven complaints in a single matter, filed in 2nd Circuit and resulting
in disciplinary action
This is part of the referred-to discipline (found on 2nd Circuit website):
07-26-06:
Order Issued
07-26-06:
Committee Report
Annual
Report for 2007
841 complaints filed
752 complaints terminated (79% by Chief Circuit Judges as
"merits-related")
340 petitions for review of Chief Circuit Judges' dismissals of complaints --
ALL dismissed by Circuit Judicial Councils, except for 1 which was withdrawn
Circuit Judicial Councils disposed of 3 complaints after report of investigative
committee: 2 dismissed, 1 imposed discipline
Annual
Report for 2008
Changes in Reporting:
October 1, 2007-May 10, 2008: 491 complaints filed
552 (of complaints filed before May 11, 2008 were concluded before September 30,
2008)
(82% by Chief Circuit Judges as "merits-related)
264 petitions for review of Chief Circuit Judges' dismissals of complaints --
ALL dismissed by Circuit Judicial Councils, except for 1, which resulted in
public censure;
Prior to May 11, 2008, two special investigating committees appointed: 7th &
10th Circuits
May 11, 2008-September 30, 2008,
672 complaints filed
[complaint against multiple judges now counted once for each judge]
of these, 207 concluded: leaving 465 pending
Circuit Chief Judges dismissing 199, in whole or part (84% as "merits-related")
77 of these were the subject of petitions for review -- ALL dismissed by Circuit
Judicial Councils
From May 11, 2008-September 30, 2008, two special investigative committees
appointed: 2nd and 3rd Circuits
Annual Report for 2009
3. The Federal Judiciary's Own Websites:
USCourts.Gov
First Circuit --
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Puerto Rico
Second Circuit
-- Connecticut, New York, Vermont
Third Circuit -- Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Islands
Fourth Circuit --
Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
Fifth Circuit
-- Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas
Sixth Circuit -- Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee
Seventh Circuit -- Illinois, Indiana,
Wisconsin
Eighth Circuit
-- Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
Ninth Circuit -- Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, Oregon, Washington
Tenth
Circuit (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming
Eleventh Circuit
-- Alabama, Florida, Georgia
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit
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