An attorney who filed a complaint over Alex Kozinski’s personal web server containing pornography more than a decade ago has sued the former circuit judge over claims the judge encouraged the court to retaliate against him.

Cyrus Sanai, who is representing himself in suing the former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, told The Recorder the suit is less about the $40 million he is seeking and more about clearing his name and reforming judicial misconduct procedures. Kozinski retired two years ago, heading off an investigation into claims of sexual misconduct lodged by several of his former clerks.