28 U.S.C. § 364 : US Code - Section 364: Effect of felony conviction
Search 28 U.S.C. § 364 : US Code - Section 364: Effect of felony conviction
In the case of any judge or judge of a court referred to in
section 363 who is convicted of a felony under State or Federal law
and has exhausted all means of obtaining direct review of the
conviction, or the time for seeking further direct review of the
conviction has passed and no such review has been sought, the
following shall apply:
(1) The judge shall not hear or decide cases unless the
judicial council of the circuit (or, in the case of a judge of a
court referred to in section 363, that court) determines
otherwise.
(2) Any service as such judge or judge of a court referred to
in section 363, after the conviction is final and all time for
filing appeals thereof has expired, shall not be included for
purposes of determining years of service under section 371(c),
377, or 178 of this title or creditable service under subchapter
III of chapter 83, or chapter 84, of title 5.
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