Appeals Court Softens Scolding of Scheindlin but Stands by Disqualification

U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin.

Associated Press

A federal appeals court stunned the legal world two weeks ago when it ruled that the federal judge presiding over the New York City stop-and-frisk litigation had "run afoul" of the judicial code of conduct and booted her from the case. Now, the same panel of judges in Manhattan is walking back its scolding words, explaining in a new opinion that they never meant to suggest that U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin had misbehaved. "We now clarify that we did not intend to imply in our previous order that Judge Scheindlin engaged in misconduct," the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel wrote in an opinion clarifying its Oct. 31 ruling. The backtracking only went so far, though.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/11/13/appeals-court-softens-scolding-of-scheindlin-but-stands-by-disqualification/?mod=WSJBlog

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