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8 e Abner Joseph Mikva Idaho, filed a complaint in United States District Court for the District of Idaho claiming that Mr. Mikva's nomination, confirmation, and appointment to the USCADC was in violation of Article I, section 6, clause 2 of the United States Constitution (the Ineligibility Clause). The United States District Court ruled that the plaintiff did not have standing to bring the suit and the matter was dismissed. This ruling was appealed and upheld by a United States Circuit Court on May 5, 1981. On November 9, 1981, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the prior courts' rulings. Mr. Mikva also indicated on a supplement to his application that he has had complaints filed against him in his capacity as a judge or as chief judge, all of which have been dismissed. Mr. Mikva was interviewed concerning this matter and advised that as a judge, professional complaints have been made against him; however, the complaints have never been against him personally. He said they would have been made against the whole court on which he sits, or against a panel of judges on which he had been a member. [Jeterk of the Court, USCADC, advised that his office is the repository for all judicial complaints against USCADC judges. He said that there are confidentiality restrictions concerning these complaints, but he could confirm that complaints are filed against the court o j anel of judges, and no particular judge. said . that since he began working for the court in 1992, Mr. Mikva has no een @€ subject of any complaints. He added that Mr. Mikva would have been part of some complaints in the past, but they were all dismissed. During his interview, Mr. Mikva advised that his only contact with representatives of foreign countries had been in the normal course of his official or semi-official duties as a jurist and/or member of professional organizations. He said he has never had any personal or continuing contact with any such foreign representatives. He said that by letter dated August 30, 1994, he resigned his association with the International Center, the East-West Parliamentary Group, and the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative of the ABA. Agency Checks During the course of this background investigation, the records of the following entities were checked and found to contain either no record or no pertinent information concerning Mr. Mikva, unless otherwise noted in this summary memorandum: b6 b7C