how to submit a complaint about Aileen Cannon

[abaddon]

If you're pissed off that Aileen Cannon postponed Trump's documents case and feel powerless, there is something even we mere citizens can do.

Glenn Kirschner explained the process of downloading a "Complaint of Judicial Misconduct" form and filling it out.

Mr. Kirschner's video explaining it is here:


He walks people thru a LOT of links to find the form. Here's a shorter route: https://www.uscourts.gov/forms/other-forms/complaint-judicial-misconduct-or-disability

(Clicking will not start the download, this link only takes you to the page where the download button is).

 

[Patooka]

I wonder if Brian Tyler Cohen will repeat this on his show...

 

[Elixir]

How do you find the case number?

 

[abaddon]

After your personal info, here are details needed for the form:

Name of Judge: Judge Aileen Cannon
Court: US District Court for the District of Florida
Does complaint concern behavior of judge in a particular lawsuit: (check Yes)
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Florida (put this in both places where it's asked)
Case Number: 23-80101-CR-Cannon
Are you party or lawyer in the lawsuit: Neither

And then your signature and the date.

He suggested an article to review how Cannon's screwing up, if wanting inspiration for phrasing your Statement of Facts to include with the form.

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The relevant statute for why Cannon should have recused herself:

28 U.S. Code Section 455 - Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge. (a) Any justice, judge or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably question.

So the law says the judge SHALL, as in MUST, recuse herself, if her impartiality even just MIGHT reasonably be questioned.

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FAQs about Filing a Judicial Conduct or Disability Complaint Against a Federal Judge are here: https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-jud...ling-judicial-conduct-or-disability-complaint

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The place to mail it is:

The Clerk's Office for the 11th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals
56 Forsyth Street N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303

 

[abaddon]

Here's a petition, signed by over 100k people so far:

Sign the petition: Judge Aileen Cannon must recuse herself from Trump’s case.

Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, has been assigned to oversee the case involving Donald Trump's mishandling of classified documents. Judge Cannon has already shown her bias when she ruled in...

www.dailykos.com

There are half-dozen other petitions around. This is the one getting the most sigs.

 

[ZiprHead]

Glenn Kirshner is a weekly regular on the Stephanie Miller show. He actually has a great sense of humor which he can display because the Stephanie Miller Show is a humor based show on the days news and politics. I'm sure he'll be discussing this on the show.

If you've never seen/heard the show I recommend it. It's very funny.

 

[Elixir]

Are there other federal cases where the presiding judge was appointed by the defendant?

How in the MAGAverse can anyone not see an appearance of partiality?

 

[Jarhyn]

Are there other federal cases where the presiding judge was appointed by the defendant?

How in the MAGAverse can anyone not see an appearance of partiality?

I the army, there was a usefully related saying made by the thieves who would steal your gear: "there's only one thief in the army and everyone else is just taking their shit back".

When you have, from birth, been trained to fight equality as "bias against yourself" as a defense mechanism against egalitarianism, you end up with the perception that all bias that favors you is just your due, the correct state of things, and not "actually" a bias.

It comes from a twisted concept of "bias" rooted in inaccurate perceptions of "unfair loss".

To them, Cannon and Trump are "just trying to get their shit back". Which is to say "giving apologia rather than apologizing and stepping off".

 

[ZiprHead]

After 1,000 complaints in one week, court no longer accepting ‘orchestrated’ complaints about judge in Trump’s Florida case

A federal appeals court will no longer accept complaints about Aileen Cannon, the judge presiding over the federal criminal case against Donald Trump in Florida, that appear to be part of an “orchestrated campaign.”

The May 22 opinion from the 11th Circuit Judicial Council, which oversees lower courts in Florida, said that since May 16, 2024, the clerk has received more than 1,000 complaints “that raise allegations that are similar to the allegations raised in previous complaints.” The council ordered the court clerk to stop accepting similar complaints.

It’s not clear what exactly started the onslaught of complaints after May 16. Last month, Cannon indefinitely postponed the start of the trial in the Trump case, where he has been accused of mishandling classified documents.

Several complaints against Cannon “question the correctness of her rulings or her delays in issuing rulings” in the classified documents case, the judicial council’s opinion said. Those complaints included allegations “unsupported by any evidence” that Cannon has an “improper motive in delaying the case,” according to the opinion.

Other complaints called on the 11th Circuit Court’s Chief Judge William Pryor to remove Cannon from the classified documents case – an action that that judicial council said that neither he nor the council could take.

 

[Spacetime Inhabitant]

It seems the Judicial Council itself isn't acting correctly. No surprise, the hooks of Trump facilitators are everywhere. We know they are acting improperly as they erroneously stated that the complaints are "unsupported by any evidence".
It seems the complaint process is a catch 22 situation; if there are only a small number of complaints then they are to be ignored as insignificant, and if many complaints, well it is an orchestrated campaign, and for some inane reason must then be ignored, irrespective of validity of complaints.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

It seems the Judicial Council itself isn't acting correctly. No surprise, the hooks of Trump facilitators are everywhere. We know they are acting improperly as they erroneously stated that the complaints are "unsupported by any evidence".
It seems the complaint process is a catch 22 situation; if there are only a small number of complaints then they are to be ignored as insignificant, and if many complaints, well it is an orchestrated campaign, and for some inane reason must then be ignored, irrespective of validity of complaints.

The system is probably set up for detailed complaints by lawyers, not for a flood of public comment by people ignorant of the legal details. I expected something of the sort to happen when I saw the link.

 

[TV and credit cards]

It seems the Judicial Council itself isn't acting correctly. No surprise, the hooks of Trump facilitators are everywhere. We know they are acting improperly as they erroneously stated that the complaints are "unsupported by any evidence".
It seems the complaint process is a catch 22 situation; if there are only a small number of complaints then they are to be ignored as insignificant, and if many complaints, well it is an orchestrated campaign, and for some inane reason must then be ignored, irrespective of validity of complaints.

The system is probably set up for detailed complaints by lawyers, not for a flood of public comment by people ignorant of the legal details. I expected something of the sort to happen when I saw the link.

Reading the order from the Chief Judge, this sounds about right. Complaints without support and a bunch of prefilled letters folks signed their name to and clicked "send", as if they are advocating for a new bike path in their neighborhood or something.