---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 177"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "177"
heading: "Disbarment of removed judges"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/177"
units:
  - "Part I — Organization of Courts"
  - "Chapter 7 — United States Court of Federal Claims"
---

# §177. Disbarment of removed judges


A [judge](/usc/28/351.md?p=d-1) of the United States Court of Federal Claims removed from office in accordance with [section 176 of this title](/usc/28/176.md) shall not be permitted at any time to practice before the Court of Federal Claims.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 105(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 28; amended Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–572 substituted “United States Court of Federal Claims” for “United States Claims Court” and “Court of Federal Claims” for “Claims Court”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note under section 171 of this title.

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97–164, set out as an Effective Date of 1982 Amendment note under section 171 of this title.