Chief Judge William Pryor Jr., left, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and Judge Corey Maze, of the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Photos: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
The Second Circuit Judicial Council has declined to reconsider its decision upholding the dismissal of judicial misconduct complaints against two federal judges over their hiring of a law clerk accused of sending a racist text.
Tuesday’s decision seems to highlight a conflict between a 2008 amendment to the federal rules governing misconduct proceedings and the 1980 statute that dictates the process, a legal ethics expert said.
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