JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday [12-20-17] called for a review of the federal judiciary’s procedures for protecting court employees from misconduct, two days after a prominent federal judge resigned under a cloud of sexual abuse allegations by former law clerks.
James Duff, director of the Administrative Office of the US Courts, said in a memo circulated to federal courts that Roberts had asked him ‘to establish a working group to examine the sufficiency of safeguards currently in place … to protect court employees, including law clerks, from wrongful conduct in the workplace.’
Duff said he planned to report back by May 1…
Based on the federal judiciary’s usual practice for misconduct complaints, that review is likely to end now that Kozinski has retired. Federal rules state that a retired judge is no longer subject to disciplinary procedures. A spokesman for the US courts system said Wednesday that the 2nd Circuit had not yet taken any action on the pending Kozinski matter.”
-Joan Biskupic, “Chief Justice Roberts calls for review of procedures for protecting court employees from misconduct,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Dec. 20, 2017 5:44pm