You will recall from the previous post that Judge Thomas Green, the second judge to hear Sanai v. Saltz, was not impressed with Cyrus Sanai’s litigation tactics:
In Cyrus Sanai
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
Overlawyered
June 17th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Sanai v. Saltz - the California appellate brief
In Cyrus Sanai
June 17th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Cyrus Sanai: Kozinski investigation “is part of a litigation strategy”; second Sanai v. Saltz sanctions order
Cyrus Sanai tells Patterico that his triggering an investigation of Judge Alex Kozinski’s web site is all “part of a litigation strategy” but does not reveal what the other two steps of his three-step strategy is, or more insight into his strategic genius.
In Alex Kozinski; Cyrus Sanai; do you know who I am?; judges; pro se; recusals; sanctions; scandals
June 16th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Latest on Kozinski and Cyrus Sanai
As Patterico reports, Cyrus Sanai is shopping around a CD that he claims consists of downloaded material from Judge Alex Kozinski’s web site server.
In accolades; Alex Kozinski; Cyrus Sanai; legal discipline; recusals; scandals
June 15th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Judge Zilly’s sanctions order against Cyrus Sanai; Kozinski recuses himself
The furor over the Kozinski web site pseudo-scandal over what Wonkette calls “the sort of naughtiness you’d find in the dirty birthday cards section at Spencer Gifts” has caused Judge Alex Kozinski to recuse himself from the obscenity trial, resulting in a mistrial. Kozinski is known for his ethical rectitude, which is perhaps why he did so, but one wishes that he didn’t permit the appalling LA Times coverage to create a perception of a perception of a bias, much less agree that that provides grounds for recusal. But with some implausibly calling for his resignation, discretion is perhaps the better part of valor. Still, as Jesse Walker notes, “There has been no shortage of free-speech trials in which the presiding judges had a moral objection to essentially innocuous material. I don’t see any reason why such a case shouldn’t be heard by a jurist with a history of tolerance.” And one wishes that the conservatives calling for Kozinski’s resignation would use that powder for Ninth Circuit judges who act ultra vires rather than for the jokes judges share in their own time.
In Alex Kozinski; Cyrus Sanai; free speech; legal discipline; Ninth Circuit; recusals; scandals
June 12th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Judge Kozinski’s web site and Cyrus Sanai
The Patterico blog has details of some of the coarse humor that was available on Judge Alex Kozinski’s website. Kozinski can be criticized for indiscretion in failing to realize that his website was publicly accessible, and opening himself up to this politically-motivated silliness, but I fail to see why a judge’s e-mail habits should be a scandal. Yes, Kozinski apparently has an immature sense of humor, but we already knew that.
Of more interest is that the attorney peddling this, Cyrus Sanai, has been targeting Kozinski for years. Perhaps because of this Recorder article of September 23, 2005, responding to a Sanai op-ed criticizing the Ninth Circuit, and written by Kozinski:
In Alex Kozinski; Cyrus Sanai; free speech; judges; scandals
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- Peter Schuck on New Zealand administered compensation
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