9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 19, 2023
Judge improperly disqualified US attorney’s office, circuit finds
The appeal panel explained that the district court wrongly “speculated about possible conflicts and ordered officewide disqualification based on a misguided analogy to the corporate world.”
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed on Thursday a lower court’s motion disqualifying the entire U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Arizona from defending allegations of prosecutor misconduct.
The appeal panel explained that the district court wrongly “speculated about possible conflicts and ordered officewide disqualification based on a misguided analogy to the corporate world.”
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