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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

May 19, 2009

Disbarment Sought for Bybee, Others

An activist coalition said it will today seek the disbarment of former Bush administration lawyers who wrote memos authorizing brutal interrogation techniques; including Jay S. Bybee, now a judge with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

An activist coalition said it will today seek the disbarment of former Bush administration lawyers who wrote memos authorizing brutal interrogation techniques.

Among the group's targets: memo authors Jay S. Bybee, now a judge with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and John Yoo, currently a visiting law professor at Chapman University School of Law in Orange. Also on the list is William James Haynes II,...

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