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"A Nervous Moment for Kozinski and the 9th Circuit Conference"

"A Nervous Moment for Kozinski and the 9th Circuit Conference": Pamela A. MacLean of The National Law Journal has an article that begins, "The cocktail party at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference had a nervous moment Monday when a Beverly Hills, Calif., attorney and critic of Chief Judge Alex Kozinski was escorted from the outdoors reception after getting too close to the chief judge. Cyrus Sanai, who gained press credentials on assignment from the LA Weekly, said he was waiting to talk with Judge Richard Clifton, the conference chair, when Kozinski passed within a few feet. That was enough to trigger U.S. marshals to ask Sanai to leave. It was Sanai who leaked word to the media in June that Kozinski had a Web site that contained sexually explicit materials; that news touched off a discipline inquiry of Kozinski, currently pending in the 3d Circuit. Sanai said he also plans to file his own, broader misconduct complaint next month against Kozinski, stemming from the materials on the Web site. The cocktail party was at the opening night reception held outdoors on the grounds of the Sun Valley, Idaho, resort and was described as 'open to all' by Clifton at the end of the first day's program. Sanai has been closely monitored by security at the conference."

Full post as published by How Appealing on July 31, 2008 (boomark / email).