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December 15, 2017, 2:56 PM UTC

Kozinski Sexual Harassment Allegations to Be Probed by Court

Patrick Dorrian
Patrick Dorrian
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Sexual harassment allegations made against federal appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski by six women will be investigated by the federal judiciary.

The judicial council of the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Dec. 14 ordered the investigation into potential judicial misconduct by Kozinski. The inquiry is spurred by allegations first reported by the Washington Post Dec. 8. Kozinski has been a Ninth Circuit judge since 1985 and was the court’s chief judge from November 2007 to Dec. 1, 2014.

Kozinski is accused, among other ...

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