The Chief Justice received today a request from the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit to transfer, pursuant to Rule 26 of the Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Proceedings, In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct, No. 08-90035, to the judicial council of another federal judicial circuit for review and disposition. Upon receipt, the Chief Justice transferred the matter to the Judicial Council of the Third Circuit. The chair of the Judicial Council of the Third Circuit, Chief Judge Anthony Scirica, appointed today a special committee to investigate the matter in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 353 and the associated rules. The members of the special committee are: Chief Judge Scirica, Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Marjorie Rendell and Walter Stapleton, and Chief District Judges Harvey Bartle III (E.D. Pa.) and Garrett Brown, Jr., (N.J.).

• Order of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council
• Rule 26 transfer letter