‘Hottie’ Judge Kozinski Continues Joke in Press Release
Do looks count? Judge Alex Kozinski of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals would like to think so, according to a press release with a tongue-in-cheek nod to his win in an unusual contest buried in the last paragraph.
The press release announces the swearing-in ceremony for Kozinski’s appointment to become chief judge of the circuit.
Kozinski was prominently featured on the Underneath Their Robes blog when he wrote a letter bemoaning his lack of inclusion in its Superhotties of the Federal Judiciary contest.
“Sure, John Roberts and Jeff Sutton are young and extremely handsome, but so what?” he wrote. “I have it on very good authority that discerning females and gay men find graying, pudgy, middle-aged men with an accent close to Gov. Schwarzenegger’s almost totally irresistible. So I nominate myself.”
Kozinski’s lobbying worked—he later won the contest, the National Law Journal reports in this profile.
Kozinski continues the fun in the last paragraph of the 9th Circuit press release (PDF) (we supplied the italics):
“The chief judge of the circuit assumes the position based on seniority. The chief judge is the judge in regular active service who is senior in commission of those judges who are (1) 64 years of age or under; (2) have served for one year or more as a circuit judge; and (3) have not served previously as chief judge. Judge Kozinski also believes that looks count, though he can provide no support for that proposition.”
A hat tip to How Appealing, which posted the press release.
