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Judges and Judiciary

Feb. 27, 2008

Judicial Conference Withdraws Controversial Discipline Rule

SAN FRANCISCO - Weeks before a showdown over new rules on disciplining errant federal judges was set to erupt, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appears to have won the right to keep such probes in-house.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      SAN FRANCISCO - Weeks before a showdown over new rules on disciplining errant federal judges was set to erupt, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appears to have won the right to keep such probes in-house.
      A new posting on the U.S. Judicial Conference's Web site displayed revised draft discipline rules ...

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