Each of the 20
circuit chief judges now must adopt their own orders based on the model.
I really don't know, but then again neither do appellate experts such as Howard Bashman, who writes, «Just when you thought that every possible type of appellate opinion had already been created, Ninth
Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski goes and invents one more.»
That's what 6th
Circuit Chief Judge Danny Boggs suggested in his concurrence in Poindexter v. Mitchell (tagged here at How Appealing).
As noted in posts from July 2009 that you can access here and here, then - Fourth
Circuit Chief Judge Karen J. Williams took early retirement from her judicial position due to early - onset Alzheimers.
But such is the situation following the report by a small New York legal newspaper that 2nd U.S.
Circuit Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs, speaking at a Federalist Society event in Rochester, N.Y., described pro bono work as «antisocial» and «self - serving.»
In dismissing his case,
Circuit Chief Judge Richard A. Posner offers what Fox describes as «a handy history of the ministerial exception, including a historical sojourn through such ecclesiastical courts as the Court of Peculiars and the Court of Arches.»
An advisory committee to the Florida Supreme Court informed the Palm Beach
Circuit chief judge that an administrative order that throws out certain motions in foreclosure cases as «abandoned» is a local rule.
Seventh
Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook quotes Yoda: At page 3 of this interesting decision that a unanimous three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.
The organizers have assembled an outstanding group of speakers, including Eighth
Circuit Chief Judge Lavenski Smith, Judge Morris S. «Buzz» Arnold, and Judge Bobby E. Shepherd.
Judge bans leaflets meant to influence jurors at courthouses Ninth Judicial
Circuit Chief Judge Belvin Perry signed the Florida Administrative Court Order in response to representatives of the national non-profit organization Fully Informed Jury Association handing out pamphlets outside the Orange County Courthouse, according to a story in The Orlando Sentinel.
Three of my favorite clips available via the site are Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner («Judges are impatient, except for new judges, who may actually care what you have to say»); Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski («I won't read blockquotes, but thanks for letting my mind drift to thoughts of snowboarding in Aspen»); and Seventh
Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook («To become a better writer, read the work of good writers, not the work of lawyers»).
In his terrific but acerbic guide to advocacy, The Wrong Stuff: How You Too... Can Lose Your Appeal, Ninth
Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski similarly mocks this example from a brief: «LBE's complaint more specifically alleges that NRB failed to make an appropriate determination of RPT and TIP conformity to SIP.»
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan recently threw her support behind a hiring plan developed by the Ad Hoc Committee on Law Clerk Hiring — a committee which includes Ninth
Circuit Chief Judge Sidney Thomas.
Indeed, the stunning success rates enjoyed by IPR petitioners prompted former Federal
Circuit chief judge Randall Rader to describe the PTAB, the administrative body in charge of inter partes reviews, as «death squads killing property rights.»
Not exact matches
In 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed Mr. Henry to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth
Circuit, where he served until June 2010, most recently as
Chief Judge.
This was at a time when the appointing authorities were not privy to the alleged acts of misconduct or wrongdoings brought against him and 21
Circuit Court
Judges and Magistrates who have been referred to the
Chief Justice to be dealt with in accordance with Article 151 of the 1992 Constitution by tigereyepi for alleged stated misbehaviour.
Garland, 63, is currently
chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit
Judge Williams is
Chief Judge for the Twelfth Judicial
Circuit;
Judge Andrews is
Circuit Court
Judge for the Sixth Judicial
Circuit (which includes Pinellas County); and
Judge Pierce is a County Court
Judge for the Sixth
Circuit.
Early in his career, Mr. Owens was a law clerk to then -
Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit.
Upon receipt of the copy of such request it shall be the duty of the
chief justice of the
circuit or the presiding
circuit judge, as the case may be, to designate immediately three
judges in such
circuit, of whom at least one shall be a
circuit judge and another of whom shall be a district
judge of the court in which the proceeding was instituted, to hear and determine such case, and it shall be the duty of the
judges so designated to assign the case for hearing at the earliest practicable date, to participate in the hearing and determination thereof, and to cause the case to be in every way expedited.
A copy of the request for a three -
judge court shall be immediately furnished by such clerk to the
chief judge of the
circuit (or in his absence, the presiding
circuit judge of the
circuit) in which the case is pending.
Upon receipt of the copy of such request it shall be the duty of the
chief judge of the
circuit or the presiding
circuit judge, as the case may be, to designate immediately three
judges in such
circuit, of whom at least one shall be a
circuit judge and another of whom shall be a district
judge of the court in which the proceeding was instituted, to hear and determine such case, and it shall be the duty of the
judges so designated to assign the case for hearing at the earliest practicable date, to participate in the hearing and determination thereof, and to cause the case to be in every way expedited.
In the event that no
judge in the district is available to hear and determine the case, the
chief judge of the district, or the acting
chief judge, as the case may be, shall certify this fact to the
chief judge of the
circuit (or, in his absence, the acting
chief judge) who shall then designate a district or
circuit judge of the
circuit to hear and determine the case.
After graduating from Stanford, Connaughton clerked for
Chief Judge Abner Mikva of the united states Court of Appeals for the DC
Circuit, then followed Mikva as his special Assistant when Mikva was appointed Counsel to President Bill Clinton.
Watson and his Sea Shepherds — declared pirates by the
Chief Judge of the 9th United States
Circuit Court of Appeals — sail the high seas, terrorizing the fishing industry by sinking ships and endangering lives.
The
judge, Ernest H. Woods III,
chief of the Mountain Judicial
Circuit Superior Court, resigned effective Jan. 15 after 17 years on the bench.
Gibbons began his career here in 1950 and returned in 1990 following a stint as
Chief Judge of the Third
Circuit.
Hillsborough County
Chief Judge Manuel Menendez, Jr., recently updated procedures for cases involving Child Support Hearing Officers, and 13th Judicial
Circuit Administrative Order S -2014-002 designates to them the following powers:
Those eleven
judges are Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and Circuit Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Pamela A. Rymer, Barry G. Silverman, M. Margaret McKeown, William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, Carlos T. Bea, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and N. Randy
judges are
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and
Circuit Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Pamela A. Rymer, Barry G. Silverman, M. Margaret McKeown, William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, Carlos T. Bea, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and N. Randy
Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Pamela A. Rymer, Barry G. Silverman, M. Margaret McKeown, William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, Carlos T. Bea, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and N. Randy Smith.
Judge Posner is a Seventh Circuit judge, and used to be this appeals court's Chief J
Judge Posner is a Seventh
Circuit judge, and used to be this appeals court's Chief J
judge, and used to be this appeals court's
Chief JudgeJudge.
Ninth
Circuit rejects amicus brief from Amazon.com, et al. on rehearing en banc in Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.com: Some people may be wondering what is the meaning of this published order that
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit issued today.
The state's
chief justice would assign
judge (s) to the division but only «upon the recommendation of the
circuit solicitor.»
Chief Judge Rader doesn't seem to always like the Supreme Court's patent - related decisions, but that philosophical disagreement may be part of the reason why the Supreme Court has to review Federal
Circuit decisions so frequently.
Prior efforts gave similar powers to the Attorney General, but left the selection of the
judge to the Supreme Court «upon the recommendation of the Chief Administrative Judge for that judicial circuit.&r
judge to the Supreme Court «upon the recommendation of the
Chief Administrative
Judge for that judicial circuit.&r
Judge for that judicial
circuit.»
Circuit Judge Prost also dissents, but from the opposite angle: while the ruling went too far for
Chief Judge Rader, it did not go far enough for
Circuit Judge Prost.
Under HB 3014 and HB 4859 the prosecutor (
circuit solicitor) rather than an individual court
judge or
chief judge is authorized to establish the program.
Alex Kozinski,
chief judge of the 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals, made that case in a recent speech at Golden Gate University School of Law.
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit recently spoke at Golden Gate University School of Law's third annual Intellectual Property Distinguished Speaker Program, where he created a buzz when he shared his insight on technology today and how it has greatly impacted the First Amendment.
In addition to the holidays, I argued at the Fifth
Circuit; published two articles at The Huffington Post (here and here); produced a podcast episode on appellate practice for the ABA's Sound Advice series; gave a presentation to the Dallas Bar Association (about the post-election Supreme Court and Trump's list of possible nominees); participated in a panel discussion about e-briefs and legal writing at the annual meeting of the Council of
Chief Judges of State Courts of Appeal (in North Carolina); was cited on SCOTUSblog and the Appellate Advocacy Blog (both here and here); and was quoted by Bloomberg (here, here, here, and here), CNN, and the Winnipeg Free Press.
In a culture ruled by virality, pithy memes like #IDontNeedFeminism threaten to have more firepower than sober observations — such as those of the former
chief judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit, Patricia M. Wald — that gender inequality in cultures like the legal profession owes less to overt discrimination, and more to «subtle differences in how much more difficult it can be for women to locate and manipulate the levers of personal influence inside and outside the firm, with supervisors, senior partners, and clients.»
Other names floated by the Law Blog and by other sources are Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff; James B. Comey, former deputy attorney general and now general counsel of Lockheed Martin; D.C.
Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Laurence H. Silberman; Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Michael B. Mukasey, former chief judge of the Southern District of New York; SEC Chairman Christopher Cox; Larry D. Thompson, former deputy attorney general and now GC of PepsiCo; former solicitor general Ted Olson; and J. Michael Luttig, GC of Boeing and former judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of App
Judge Laurence H. Silberman; Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Michael B. Mukasey, former
chief judge of the Southern District of New York; SEC Chairman Christopher Cox; Larry D. Thompson, former deputy attorney general and now GC of PepsiCo; former solicitor general Ted Olson; and J. Michael Luttig, GC of Boeing and former judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of App
judge of the Southern District of New York; SEC Chairman Christopher Cox; Larry D. Thompson, former deputy attorney general and now GC of PepsiCo; former solicitor general Ted Olson; and J. Michael Luttig, GC of Boeing and former
judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of App
judge of the 4th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
The book features a forward by 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski.
Frank Easterbrook,
chief judge of the 7th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals, saw the newspaper's video and took out a complaint against the errant
judge, who quickly admitted the error of his ways.
Prisoners who receive ineffective assistance are likely to be spared, «certainly for many years, and frequently forever,» wrote
Chief Judge Danny Boggs of the 6th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
They included the
circuit judges, the district
judges, the magistrates, Anne Owers,
chief inspector of prisons and the academics other than David Thomas and Nicola Padfield.
The Mississippi House earlier this week approved a plan discussed here to have constitutional challenges to state laws heard by a
Circuit Court
judge handpicked by the state's
Chief Justice.
Prior to joining the firm as an associate, Neel clerked for the Honorable Roger L. Gregory,
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit, and for the Honorable David O. Carter on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
A few weeks ago David Lat, of Above the Law fame, sat down with the Hon. Alex Kozinski,
Chief Judge, 9th
Circuit for a conversation at a Federalist Society event in Los Angeles.
The Alvarez case came to SCOTUS through the 9th
circuit, where
Chief Judge Kozinski wrote a fantastic opinion.
The
Chief Judge or the
Chief Judge's designee in each of Florida's twenty judicial
circuits appoints and convenes a
circuit pro bono committee composed of local bar association representatives, pro bono and legal assistance program representatives, at least one public member and at least one client - eligible member.