IN THE ALABAMA COURT OF THE JUDICIARY

In the Matter of:

ROY S. MOORE,
Chief Justice
Supreme Court of Alabama

Case No. 46

COMPLAINT
The Judicial Inquiry Commission of the State of Alabama
fi les this Complaint against Chief Justice Roy S. Moore of
the Supreme Court of Alabama. The facts and charges upon
which this Complaint is based, averred separately and
severally, are set out below.
I .

FACTS
A.
1.

Prior to Administrative Order of January 6, 2016

In 2003, Chief Justice Moore was removed from the

Office of Chief Justice by Order of the Alabama Court of

the Judiciary upon its finding he violated the Alabama
Canons of Judicial Ethics by willfully refusing to obey an
injunction issued by a United States District Court, when
that order was in effect, directed to him, and binding upon