91.   To avert favoritism, the chief judge of the D.C. District Court is supposed to assign judges to cases randomly.

92.   Tuesday, the chief judge of a federal appellate court tried his hand.

93.   When she was finished, the chief judge a small, wiry man in short sleeves stood up.

94.   Yet Pell, now a MiG killer, is protected from military justice and ironically, exalted by the wing commander who is also the chief judge.

95.   Wright, selected after the sitting chief judge had recused himself from the case, wrote the opinion upholding the conviction.

96.   Only the chief judge of Malaysia was empowered to do so, he argued.

97.   A chief judge still must carry out a judicial investigation, they said.

98.   A court rule that has since been scrapped allows the chief judge to circumvent the computer for protracted, complex cases.

99.   A special panel is beginning an investigation of the chief federal judge in the District of Columbia because she assigned six Whitewater and campaign fund-raising prosecutions to Clinton appointees.

100.   About two dozen onlookers in the court applauded when the chief judge rejected a defense motion to address the court again.