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28 U.S.C. § 351 — Complaints; judge defined
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**(a) Filing of Complaint by Any Person.—** Any person alleging that a judge has engaged in conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts, or alleging that such judge is unable to discharge all the duties of office by reason of mental or physical disability, may file with the clerk of the court of appeals for the circuit a written complaint containing a brief statement of the facts constituting such conduct.
**(b) Identifying Complaint by Chief Judge.—** In the interests of the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts and on the basis of information available to the chief judge of the circuit, the chief judge may, by written order stating reasons therefor, identify a complaint for purposes of this chapter and thereby dispense with filing of a written complaint.
**(c) Transmittal of Complaint.—** Upon receipt of a complaint filed under subsection (a), the clerk shall promptly transmit the complaint to the chief judge of the circuit, or, if the conduct complained of is that of the chief judge, to that circuit judge in regular active service next senior in date of commission (hereafter, for purposes of this chapter only, included in the term “chief judge”). The clerk shall simultaneously transmit a copy of the complaint to the judge whose conduct is the subject of the complaint. The clerk shall also transmit a copy of any complaint identified under subsection (b) to the judge whose conduct is the subject of the complaint.
**(d) Definitions.—** In this chapter—
(1) the term “judge” means a circuit judge, district judge, bankruptcy judge, or magistrate judge; and
(2) the term “complainant” means the person filing a complaint under subsection (a) of this section.
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**(a) Filing of Complaint by Any Person.—** Any person alleging that a judge has engaged in conduct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts, or alleging that such judge is unable to discharge all the duties of office by reason of mental or physical disability, may file with the clerk of the court of appeals for the circuit a written complaint containing a brief statement of the facts constituting such conduct.
**(b) Identifying Complaint by Chief Judge.—** In the interests of the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts and on the basis of information available to the chief judge of the circuit, the chief judge may, by written order stating reasons therefor, identify a complaint for purposes of this chapter and thereby dispense with filing of a written complaint.
**(c) Transmittal of Complaint.—** Upon receipt of a complaint filed under subsection (a), the clerk shall promptly transmit the complaint to the chief judge of the circuit, or, if the conduct complained of is that of the chief judge, to that circuit judge in regular active service next senior in date of commission (hereafter, for purposes of this chapter only, included in the term “chief judge”). The clerk shall simultaneously transmit a copy of the complaint to the judge whose conduct is the subject of the complaint. The clerk shall also transmit a copy of any complaint identified under subsection (b) to the judge whose conduct is the subject of the complaint.
**(d) Definitions.—** In this chapter—
(1) the term “judge” means a circuit judge, district judge, bankruptcy judge, or magistrate judge; and
(2) the term “complainant” means the person filing a complaint under subsection (a) of this section.
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**(a) Composition.—** The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is composed of at least three and not more than seven judges, one of whom shall serve as chief judge in accordance with subsection (d).
**(b) Appointment.—** The judges of the Court shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, solely on the grounds of fitness to perform the duties of the office. A person may not be appointed to the Court who is not a member in good standing of the bar of a Federal court or of the highest court of a State. Not more than the number equal to the next whole number greater than one-half of the number of judges of the Court may be members of the same political party.
**(c) Term of Office.—** The term of office of the judges of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims shall be 15 years. A judge who is nominated by the President for appointment to an additional term on the Court without a break in service and whose term of office expires while that nomination is pending before the Senate may continue in office for up to 1 year while that nomination is pending.
**(d) Chief Judge.—**
(1) The chief judge of the Court is the head of the Court. The chief judge of the Court shall be the judge of the Court in regular active service who is senior in commission among the judges of the Court who—
(A) have served for one or more years as judges of the Court;
(B) have at least 3 years remaining in term of office; and
(C) have not previously served as chief judge.
(2)
(A) In any case in which there is no judge of the Court in regular active service who meets the requirements under paragraph (1), the judge of the Court in regular active service who is senior in commission and meets subparagraph (A) or (B) and subparagraph (C) of paragraph
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The Supreme Court of the United States shall consist of a Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom shall constitute a quorum.
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This chapter may be cited as the “National Security Act of 1947”.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 352
Sec.
352.
Review of complaint by chief judge.
353.
Special committees.
354.
Action by judicial council.
355.
Action by Judicial Conference.
356.
Subpoena power.
357.
Review of orders and actions.
358.
Rules.
359.
Restrictions.
360.
Disclosure of information.
361.
Reimbursement of expenses.
362.
Other provisions and rules not affected.
363.
Court of Federal Claims, Court of Inter-
national Trade, Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit.
364.
Effect of felony conviction.
§ 351. Complaints; judge defined
(a) FILING OF COMPLAINT BY ANY PERSON.—Any
person alleging that a judge has engaged in con-
duct prejudicial to the effective and expeditious
administration of the business of the courts, or
alleging that such judge is unable to discharge
all the duties of office by reason of mental or
physical disability, may file with the clerk of
the court of appeals for the circuit a written
complaint containing a brief statement of the
facts constituting such conduct.
(b) IDENTIFYING COMPLAINT BY CHIEF JUDGE.—
In the interests of the effective and expeditious
administration of the business of the courts and
on the basis of information available to the
chief judge of the circuit, the chief judge may,
by written order stating reasons therefor, iden-
tify a complaint for purposes of this chapter and
thereby dispense with filing of a written com-
plaint.
(c) TRANSMITTAL OF COMPLAINT.—Upon receipt
of a complaint filed under subsection (a), the
clerk shall promptly transmit the complaint to
the chief judge of the circuit, or, if the conduct
complained of is that of the chief judge, to that
circuit judge in regular active service next sen-
ior in date of commission (hereafter, for pur-
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