Judges on a federal discipline panel vindicated Judge Manuel Real on Friday, but they did it through clenched teeth.
The Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit dismissed two misconduct complaints accusing Real of failing to state the reasons for his rulings. The complaints had previously led the council to privately reprimand Real. But a U.S. Judicial Conference committee sent the matter back to the circuit earlier this year, with instructions to probe the element of willfulness.
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