Posted on 06/13/2008 3:18:33 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
A federal appeals court judge today recused himself from a closely-watched obscenity trial in Los Angeles, three days after acknowledging that he had posted sexually explicit material on a publicly accessible personal website.
"In light of the public controversy surrounding my involvement in this case, I have concluded that there is a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial," said Alex Kozinski, chief judge for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. "I will recuse myself from further participation in the case and will ask the chief judge of the district court to reassign it to another judge."
The obscenity trial in Los Angeles federal court was suspended Wednesday after The Times reported about the images on his website.
Kozinski, one of the nation's highest-ranking judges, granted a 48-hour stay in the obscenity trial of a Hollywood adult filmmaker after the prosecutor requested time to explore "a potential conflict of interest concerning the court having a . . . sexually explicit website with similar material to what is on trial here."
In an interview Tuesday with The Times, Kozinski acknowledged posting sexual content on his website. Among the images on the site were a photo of naked women on all fours painted to look like cows and a video of an encounter between a half-dressed man and a sexually aroused farm animal. He defended some of the adult content as "funny" but conceded that other postings were inappropriate.
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A Ninth Circuit Judge recusing himself due to a farm animal post of a sexual nature? Isnt that a resume padder for the 9th Circus?
The judge shoppers know the best judges for their clients.
Someone may well have wanted him off this case.
At the very least he considers it normal behavior.
“Kozinski acknowledged posting sexual content on his website. Among the images on the site were a photo of naked women on all fours painted to look like cows and a video of an encounter between a half-dressed man and a sexually aroused farm animal.”
Conflict of interest would only be part of this problem.The Judge went into this trial KNOWING it was a conflict. Charges for Judicial Misconduct should be filed.
What’s next, a career boozer with a web site devoted to glorifying “Hold muh Beer” judging all the drunk driving cases?
We need to remove him from the bench entirely and yank his law license.
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