It appears US District Court docket Choose Eileen Cannon’s critics — and by critics, I imply individuals who cannot stand the truth that she issued among the rulings she’s overseeing in former President Donald Trump’s categorized paperwork case — have been busy. Fairly busy. So busy that they instructed the eleventh Circuit Court docket of Appeals, “No mas!”
The Court docket of Enchantment truly issued its order on Might 22 on a boatload of complaints. Within the order, Chief Choose William Pryor famous that a number of complaints had been filed towards Choose Cannon previous to Might 16 and that a few of them have been acted upon or “will likely be acted upon in the end.” (No particular proposal was made as to the character of those complaints or what motion was or might be contemplated.)
Nevertheless, as of Might 16, “the Clerk of the US Court docket of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has acquired over 1,000 judicial complaints towards Choose Cannon which can be considerably much like allegations raised in earlier complaints.” As Pryor defined within the order, among the reduction sought within the complaints consists of eradicating Canon from the case and reassigning it to a different choose, which Pryor or the Judicial Council shouldn’t have authority over.
Extra importantly, the Court docket famous that the allegations “seem like a part of an orchestrated marketing campaign” and, as such, will likely be ruled beneath Judicial-Conduct Rule 10(b), which supplies:
Orchestrated complaints. When a variety of primarily similar complaints are acquired from completely different complainants and seem like a part of a concerted marketing campaign, the Chief Justice could suggest that the Judicial Council difficulty a written order directing the Circuit Clerk to file a specified variety of such complaints. Refused to just accept further fees. The circuit clerk should ship a duplicate of any order not appealed.
As a result of sheer quantity of the complaints, Pryor deemed the scenario distinctive and directed the clerk to publish the order on the web site slightly than try to ship a duplicate to every complainant.
Pryor additionally famous that 4 of the complaints acquired since Might 16 have been thought-about and dismissed for lack of ample proof of any misconduct.
Whereas this doesn’t imply that zero further complaints will likely be thought-about, none much like beforehand filed complaints will. In different phrases, if one expects a criticism to be thought-about and acted upon, it’s higher to have a correct receipt. And if one would not, effectively, one could face one’s personal penalties…
What Choose Cannon didn’t do is judicial misconduct.
Falsely accusing a choose of misconduct and inspiring one other to take action IS misconduct by a lawyer, nonetheless, in most jurisdictions. https://t.co/1XkamM2Euf
— Leslie McAdoo Gordon 🇺🇸 (@McAdooGordon) May 12, 2024
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