The Judicial Council of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which was charged with reviewing the judicial misconduct complaint against Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has concluded its investigation. The council’s opinion admonished Kozinski for poor judgment, but noted that he acknowledged his mistake and cleared him of misconduct. (HT:How Appealing) More on Above the Law.
UPDATE: For more on this story, see the WSJ Law Blog and Patterico’s Pontifications. The former posted the following statement from Judge Kozinski:
I asked the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to thoroughly review this matter, and I am pleased that today