Six retired federal judges and thirteen professors of legal ethics, in their individual capacities, filed an amicus brief with the Second Circuit this week in support of the motion for reconsideration en banc of the court’s decision to remove Judge Shira Scheindlin from the “stop and frisk” cases.
The friends of the court argue that the appellate court’s decision was “fundamentally unfair” to Judge Scheindlin, to the federal courts and to the public and undermine the public confidence in the court system. They also warn that the court’s action has a chilling effect on the judicial independence that is the basis for the judicial system.
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