Court Opinion

ID: 9457847
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:34:57.807514+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:32.120040
License: Public Domain

TRASK, Circuit Judge
(concurring and dissenting).
I join in the order making the first two amendments which are to appear in footnote 2 of the opinion.
I disagree with the language of the paragraph to be substituted for the fourth paragraph from the end of the majority following the asterisk. Although I joined the majority in the paragraph as it appeared in the original slip opinion, the substituted paragraph goes far beyond this in an attempt to rule upon matters that are not properly before us.
My own examination of the Marshall case, United States v. Marshall, 355 F.2d 999 (9th Cir. 1966), convinces me that Marshall and Ryan are totally unrelated' except for the fact that Ryan was a witness in the prior case. I find nothing in the record before us which establishes that “the indictment of Ryan stemmed from proceedings against Marshall,” and no conflict of interest.
Assuming the statements ascribed to the district judge are perhaps immoderate (at least when read out of context) and his rulings erroneous, we have ruled on the Ryan case which was before us. There is no occasion to rule on all future Ryan cases which may come before this judge, or to assume that a district judge will not manage his cases properly. I find the criticism of the trial judge in this context entirely inappropriate.