Local Rule LCvR 83.13: DISCIPLINARY PANEL
D.D.C. — Civil rule
LCvR 83.13 DISCIPLINARY PANEL
(a) APPOINTMENT.
The Chief Judge shall appoint three judges of the Court to be known as the Disciplinary Panel and shall appoint two additional judges to serve as alternate members. The Disciplinary Panel shall have jurisdiction over all judicial proceedings involving the disbarment, suspension, censure or other discipline of attorneys subject to these Rules.
(b) POWERS OF INDIVIDUAL JUDGES.
Nothing contained in these Rules shall be construed to deny to this Court or to any individual judge or United States Magistrate Judge thereof or to the United States bankruptcy judge such powers as are necessary for the Court to maintain control over proceedings conducted before it, such proceedings for contempt under Title 18 of the United States Code or under Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, or to deprive any judge or magistrate judge of his/her inherent power of discipline for conduct committed in the presence of the Court.
COMMENT TO LCvR 83.13: Section (b) makes clear the power of an individual judge, bankruptcy judge or magistrate judge, to maintain control over proceedings through the contempt power or otherwise to discipline for conduct in the presence of the Court.