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Law Practice

Dec. 1, 2007

Cracking the Chief Judge's Whip

In early 2008, Alex Kozinski will confront a turf threat from the U.S. Judicial Conference that would move some claims against federal judges for review by an oversight panel in Washington, D.C.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - How best to crack the disciplinarian's whip is a puzzle that will top Alex Kozinski's docket as he takes the gavel today for a seven-year stint as chief judge of the nation's biggest circuit court.
      Kozinski will have to tackle quickly the vexed question of judicial-conduct complaints within the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe...

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