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Judge Manuel L. Real: Judicial Self-Regulation Fail

The Los Angeles Times has this lengthy expose on federal judge Manuel L. Real.  Real has been terrorizing litigants and lawyers for decades.  He's a disagrace.  He's still on the bench.  If other judges can't can't do something about this guy, then what does that say about judicial self-regulation?  Best paragraph: The Judicial Council of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals examined 89 cases in which Real's conduct was challenged, though it is not clear if Dubin's was among them because the panel does not disclose details of its investigations. In December, the panel said the judge's behavior was problematic but lacked the "willfulness" required for disciplinary sanctions, adding that in the future, Real should be "especially vigilant concerning the subject matter of these complaints...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 16, 2009 (boomark / email).