Sentences with phrase «judicial misconduct complaints»

In the course of your answer, perhaps you could touch on whether you have reduced your caseload due to your other responsibilities as chief judge, whether you have taken advantage of the ability to have an extra law clerk, your role in considering judicial misconduct complaints, and your participation as the Tenth Circuit's representative in the Judicial Conference of the United States.

McBroom's allegations first surfaced in 2007 in the form of a judicial misconduct complaint against Kent.

The Judicial Council of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which was charged with reviewing the judicial misconduct complaint against Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has concluded its investigation.

, four of his fellow judges filed a judicial misconduct complaint against him, and the Sixth Circuit Judicial Council reprimanded him and ordered him to undergo a mental health examination.

Not exact matches

For nine years, she has investigated complaints of judicial misconduct, and now she's looking into a crooked judge who was secretly involved in the construction of a casino on Native - American land.

In addition to his litigation practice, Richard has also served as the Executive Director and counsel to the Council on Probate Judicial Conduct, which investigates and adjudicates formal complaints of ethical misconduct against the elected Probate Judges in Connecticut.

In the last three years the Office of Judicial Complaints (OJC) received 5,407 complaints about misconduct (rather than corruption), though this does not represent all complaints made against the 3,600 judges, 7,000 tribunal members and 29,000 maComplaints (OJC) received 5,407 complaints about misconduct (rather than corruption), though this does not represent all complaints made against the 3,600 judges, 7,000 tribunal members and 29,000 macomplaints about misconduct (rather than corruption), though this does not represent all complaints made against the 3,600 judges, 7,000 tribunal members and 29,000 macomplaints made against the 3,600 judges, 7,000 tribunal members and 29,000 magistrates.

When misconduct on a judge's part is alleged, an independent judicial council is called upon to investigate the complaint.

SB 306 Details information State Commission on Judicial Conduct must release every year must include the number of complaints received by the commission, the number of complaints dismissed without commission action and the reasons (facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct, facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct or disability, allegation determined unfounded or friJudicial Conduct must release every year must include the number of complaints received by the commission, the number of complaints dismissed without commission action and the reasons (facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct, facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct or disability, allegation determined unfounded or frijudicial misconduct, facts alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct or disability, allegation determined unfounded or frijudicial misconduct or disability, allegation determined unfounded or frivolous).

(3) If an allegation of misconduct against a provincial judge is made to any other judge or to the Attorney General, the other judge, or the Attorney General, as the case may be, shall provide the person making the allegation with information about the Judicial Council's role in the justice system and about how a complaint may be made, and shall refer the person to the Judicial Council.

(11) After completing the hearing, the Judicial Council may dismiss the complaint, with or without a finding that it is unfounded or, if it finds that there has been misconduct by the judge, may,

Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline The Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline consider complaints alleging misconduct by judges.

(9) If the complaint involves allegations of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment, the Judicial Council shall, at the request of a complainant or of another witness who testifies to having been the victim of similar conduct by the judge, prohibit the publication of information that might identify the complainant or witness, as the case may be.

These include: the chief judge's obligation to «identify» a complaint based on public reports suggesting that a judge may have engaged in misconduct; judicial council authority to impose sanctions on complainants who abuse the process; disqualification of judges from proceedings under the 1980 Act; and making the Rules more user - friendly.

51.3 (1) Any person may make a complaint to the Judicial Council alleging misconduct by a provincial judge.

In 2008, the Judicial Conference of the United States — the administrative policy - making body of the federal judiciary — approved a revised set of rules for handling complaints of misconduct or disability on the part of federal judges.

(Hryciuk was ordered removed from the bench in 1993 after an Ontario Judicial Council Inquiry into the sexual misconduct allegations, but was later vindicated in 1996 by the Ontario Court of Appeal after it ruled the Inquiry judge unfairly allowed new misconduct complaints to be added to the Inquiry.

Donald Best, his legal team and their supporters are challenging the Canadian Judicial Council's wholesale dismissal of misconduct complaints against judges.

Best complained about Justice Shaughnessy's misconduct to the Canadian Judicial Council, but CJC lawyer Norman Sabourin summarily dismissed Best's complaint without an investigation, without examining court records and without interviewing Best or any witnesses.

The Lawyer: Employment judge first to fall foul of new misconduct rules An employment judge has become the first to be publicly censured under new rules that will see all judges and magistrates who are disciplined for misconduct have their cases publicised by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC).

The Commission accomplishes this mission through its investigation of complaints of judicial misconduct, wrongdoing or disability.

They wrote, «The imperative of transparency of the complaint process compels publication of orders finding judicial misconduct.»

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The question arose again in a recent High Court judicial review of a decision by the SRA to rescind the referral of a misconduct complaint to the SDT.

In addition to complaints about judicial misconduct, the Act permits any person to allege conduct reflecting a judge's inability to perform his or her duties because of «mental or physical disability.»

Rather than use the formal complaint process, the judicial branch continues to use «activity outside the complaint process» as the primary mechanism for dealing with «difficult problems or judicial misconduct and disability.»