Judge Dismisses Ethics Complaints Accusing Aileen Cannon of Bias in Trump Special Master Order

[Jose Garcia]

Source: National Law Journal

A federal judge dismissed a handful of ethics complaints that were filed against U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon over her handling of former President Donald Trump’s challenge to the seizure of documents from his Mar-a-Lago home.

The complaints filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit accuse Cannon of political bias in her decision to appoint a special master to review the seized documents, and claim she failed to base her order on sound legal reasoning.

In dismissing the complaints, Chief Judge William Pryor said the allegations lacked sufficient evidence showing that Cannon was out to favor Trump or had a conflict of interest. He also wrote that allegations concerning the merits of a judge’s decision can’t go forward under judicial misconduct rules.

“To the extent complainant’s allegations concern the substance of the subject judge’s official actions, rulings, findings, and orders in the above-described case, the allegations are directly related to the merits of the subject judge’s decisions or procedural rulings,” he wrote in one of the decisions.

Read more: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/12/06/judge-dismisses-ethics-complaints-accusing-aileen-cannon-of-bias-in-trump-special-master-order/?slreturn=20221106155444

[agingdem]

1. I don't care..

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the 11th Circuit slapped Cannon down hard last week..admonished her for asserting equatable jurisdiction...she singlehandedly destroyed her reputation and she will forever be tainted by the Trump stink..good enough...

[LastDemocratInSC]

2. A case of virtual self immolation.

[NCjack]

8. I agree. Trump stench does not wash off. Hopefully, for the rest of

her career, she will be assigned only "parking violation" cases.

[Karadeniz]

3. Insufficient evidence? She wrote that Trump, as expresident, deserved special accommodations.

Favoritism is surely a violation of judicial ethics.

[chowder66]

4. +1

[ificandream]

5. The judge basically said she can rule what she wants.

Which means she could do it again. God help us.

[onenote]

11. That's right. Judges can rule what they want. And their decisions can be reversed

Which is what happened here.

[iluvtennis]

6. Judge was appointed by George W. Bush

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Pryor_Jr.

[aggiesal]

7. Another conservative Lipless wonder, just like Dr. Frank Burns of M*A*S*H n/t

[onenote]

12. Pryor also the judge that reversed Cannon, quite forcefully.

Judge Middlebrooks, who hammered trump and imposed sanctions for his frivolous suit against Hillary, was appointed by Bill. He correctly refused to recuse himself from the case and any claim of misconduct against him would be rejected as well.

Just because Pryor was appointed by a republican doesn't make this decision, which was entirely predictable, suspect.

[stopdiggin]

9. this is to be totatlly expected

and many 'observers' said as much about these complaints at the time. Anybody can file a complaint ... And in this case the did.

[triron]

10. WTF?!