28 USC § 359 - Restrictions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s359"
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title: "28 USC § 359 - Restrictions"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "359"
section_name: "Restrictions"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "COMPLAINTS AGAINST JUDGES AND JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION OF COURTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11042(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1853.)"
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# § 359. Restrictions

**(a)** **Restriction on Individuals Who Are Subject of Investigation.—** No judge whose conduct is the subject of an investigation under this chapter shall serve upon a special committee appointed under section 353, upon a judicial council, upon the Judicial Conference, or upon the standing committee established under section 331, until all proceedings under this chapter relating to such investigation have been finally terminated.

**(b)** **Amicus Curiae.—** No person shall be granted the right to intervene or to appear as amicus curiae in any proceeding before a judicial council or the Judicial Conference under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11042(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1853.)