I decided to find other ways to stay in touch, so as not to distract from the court I love
Judge e-mailed vulgar jokes to gag list Dec 08, 2008
In light of the public controversy surrounding my involvement in this case, I have concluded that there is a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial
Judge recuses himself from obscenity case Jun 13, 2008
Yale called and said he's pretty sure he uploaded a bunch of it
Judge with porn site wants investigation Jun 12, 2008
A real estate broker may not inquire as to the race of a prospective buyer, and an employer may not inquire as to the religion of a prospective employee
Web site may be sued for housing bias Apr 03, 2008
It is difficult to conceive of any possible justification for referring to a notorious mass murderer in trying to persuade the jury to spare Boyde's life, and certainly not one that warrants comparing Boyde to that murderer
9th Circuit overturns 80s death sentence Apr 22, 2005
Alex Kozinski (born July 23, 1950) is Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, an essayist, and a judicial commentator.
Kozinski was born in Bucharest, Romania. In 1962, when he was 12, his parents, both Holocaust survivors, brought him to the United States. The family settled in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, where his father, Moses, ran a small grocery store.
Kozinski graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, receiving an A.B. degree in 1972, and from the UCLA School of Law, receiving a J.D. degree in 1975. Kozinski clerked for future Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Ninth Circuit from 1975 to 1976, and then for Chief Justice Warren Burger from 1976 to 1977. From June 5, 1981 to August 1982, Kozinski served as the first U.S. Special Counsel appointed by President Ronald Reagan.