Statement of Allegations and Reasons in Chief Judge Dismissal Orders Under the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980. A Report to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives.

摘要

The Center prepared this report pursuant to the joint request of the Honorable Howard Coble, Chairman, and the Honorable Howard L. Berman, Ranking Member, of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Citing the Center's 1993 empirical study for the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, the subcommittee asked the Center to undertake some limited follow-up research. Specifically, the request posed two empirical questions: (1) Did the orders of chief judges set forth factual allegations raised in the complaints and the reasons for the subsequent disposition' (2) What percentage of dismissals were based on the grounds that the complaint is directly related to the merits of a decision or procedural ruling.