All posts tagged "judicial misconduct"
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3.0KFederal LawDid Judge Don Willett Replace Judge Edith Clement Due to a Judicial Complaint in this High Profile Redistricting Case?
Judge Clements dissent included inappropriately partisan and disrespectful attacks on other federal judges in a dissenting opinion, said the complainant.
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3.8KJudgesBlack Robes: Dark Secrets, Cover Ups and Corruption. Reuters Joins LIT in Lighting Up the State of the Judiciary (Hat Tip).
The chief justice accused Judge DeLapp of gross neglect of duty, oppression in office and complete disregard for the law and declared...
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3.7KEditors ChoiceJustice by Hecht in The Judge “Fireman” Case Eventually Assigned to Special Prosecutor
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht assigns case to Judge Peebles. He assigned a special prosecutor. It all tastes like fudge...
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Texas Judge Driven by Cops to Birthday Bash in Official Fireman’s Uniform During Pandemic Lockdown Faces Justice by Hecht
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht received the complaint after multiple judges recused themselves from the Judge Bill Gravell investigation.
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4.1KEditors ChoiceA Judge Finds His Argument May be Toothless against Retaliation Charge
The Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board filed a 21-count complaint against President Judge Farley Toothman, who serves on the Greene County Court of...
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3.2KEditors ChoiceFederal Judge’s Claims of Empathy are Razed by COVID-19 Lawyer
Attorney hospitalized with the Covid-19 virus sought a short delay in court proceedings while he was recovering. Judge Guidry denied the unopposed...
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3.5KEditors ChoiceCOVID-19: Another Ohio State Judge Barred from High-Risk In-Person Court Hearings
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Medina County Domestic Relations Court Judge Mary Kovack to stop holding all in-person hearings amid COVID-19.
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3.3KEditors ChoiceTexas Judge Congratulated a Dozen Attorneys on Winning Cases in Her Court on Facebook
Texas Judge Speedlin Gonzalez’s eight posts, which appeared between August and October 2019, congratulated 12 attorneys on winning jury verdicts and lauded...
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2.6K1JudgesA Non-Party Visitor to the Court is Wrongfully Jailed by a Judge And Ends Up Having His Foot Amputated
Because of the ankle restraint Defendants used on him, Mr. Hale, who suffers from diabetes, developed an ulcer on his foot that...
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5.6KEditors ChoiceJudge Gena Slaughter Fails, Fails and Fails Again, But Receives Only a Specially Commissioned Public Slap
Dallas judge Gena Slaughter received a public warning, a lesser sanction than the public reprimand ordered in 2019. That's unacceptable based on...
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3.5KEditors ChoiceI Swear On My Pinkey I Didn’t Issue Arrest Warrants During CoronaVirus Says Judge Facing Disciplinary Charges
We are in a time of unprecedented crisis. We must focus on clearing as many people as possible out of our jails...
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2.9KEditors ChoiceJudge Swops Favorable Ruling for a Beach House Vacation at the Lawyers’ Insistence. Here’s What Happened.
A Pennsylvania lawyer has won reinstatement to practice after his suspension for letting a Luzerne County judge use his beach house in...
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3.3KEditors ChoiceMeanwhile in California, a Judge Faces Disciplinary Commission for Six Counts of Judicial Misconduct
The California Commission on Judicial Performance confirmed that it would move forward with formal proceedings against Judge Jeffrey Bennett of the Ventura...
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3.9KEditors ChoiceTexas State Judge is Slapped for the Fifth Time, instead of being Slaughtered
Judge Gena Slaughters' law license was suspended five times since she was first elected in 2007, according to a public reprimand that...
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2.2K1Federal JudgesSexual Misconduct Before Age 65 Sees this Federal Judge Resign in Disgrace and Without Pension Benefits
Sexual misconduct by federal judge Murguia who was reprimanded for sexually harassing court employees, and having an extramarital relationship with a felon...
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2.3KAccelerationThe Houston Chronicle Reported in 2009 that Secrecy is Protecting Judges Behavin’ Badly. LIT Asks Y’all – What’s Changed in 2020?
Only seven judges in the last decade have faced formal disciplinary action as a result of the nation's secretive misconduct review process....
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4.6K1Editors ChoiceTexas State Judge and the Devil Wears Prada
Audit Texas : Between January 2016 and March 2017, Harris County Texas Judge Alexandra Smoots-Thomas is alleged to have misused $24,892 in...
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Texas State Judge who Replaced 5th Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes Blanks the Judicial Commission, Gets Public Slap on the Wrist for Ex Parte Communications
Furthermore, these actions are clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties as a judge and cast public discredit upon the...
