Complaints against a Judge or Magistrate Judge based on allegations of misconduct or disability may be filed with the Clerk of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 372(c)  and by Rule 2 of the Rules of the Judicial Council of the Eighth Circuit Governing Complaints of Judicial Misconduct and Disability.  Persons considering a complaint should refer to Rule 1 of the Rules of the Judicial Council of the Eighth Circuit Governing Complaints of Judicial Misconduct and Disability for a description of acceptable grounds for complaint.

 

[Adopted effective November 1, 1996]

 

1996 Advisory Committee's Note to LR 83.12

LR 83.12 was added in the 1996 amendments upon consideration by the Committee of the request of Judge William J. Bauer, Chairman of the Committee to Review Circuit Council Conduct and Disability Orders of the Judicial Conference of the United States, that federal district courts include in their Local Rules a reference to the procedure established by 28 U.S.C. § 372(c) and to the Circuit Court rules governing the process. The Judicial Council of the Eighth Circuit agreed with this proposal at its meeting of December 6, 1994.  See letter from the Honorable William J. Bauer to the Honorable Richard S. Arnold, October 14, 1994; letter from the Honorable Richard S. Arnold to the Honorable William J. Bauer, December 7, 1994.