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In re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct (Hon. Roger T. Benitez), CA, Order, Judicial Misconduct, 2024 Page 1 JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT FILED MAY 1 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS IN RE COMPLAINT OF JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT Before: I. Nos. 23-90037 and 23-90041 ORDER MURGUIA, Chief …
Corizon Health Bankruptcy Delayed by Revelation of Attorney’s Affair With Mediator by On November 14, 2023, the federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas approved a new mediator to oversee the dissolution of Corizon Health successor Tehum Care Services, Inc. Retired bankruptcy judge Christopher Sontchi replaced former Judge …
Article • December 10, 2019 • from PLN December, 2019
Judicial Abuse and Law Enforcement Corruption on Trial in Meek Mill Case by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A Pennsylvania appellate court granted Meek Mill (born Robert Rihmeek Williams) a new trial with a different judge following a motion alleging the police officer who testified against him, Reginald Graham, had …
Republican-Appointed Federal Judges Sentence Blacks More Harshly, Women More Leniently by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, presidents nominate judges to sit on federal district and circuit courts, as well as the Supreme Court. Federal judges are appointed for life and serve until they …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
All Seven Arkansas Supreme Court Justices Face Ethics Charges by In September 2018, the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission formally charged state Supreme Court Justices Dan Kemp, Robin Wynne, Courtney Goodson, Josephine “Jo” Hart, Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood with violating the state’s judicial canons. A similar ethics charge …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
#MeToo Movement, Misconduct Claims Impact Federal and State Judges by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The #MeToo movement seeks to expose incidents of sexual harassment and sexual abuse by men against women. The movement has resulted in accusations against a number of high-profile figures, including actors, businessmen and politicians. Members …
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Tennessee Judge Ends Sentence Reductions for Prisoners Who Agree to Sterilization; Receives Reprimand by David Reutter by David Reutter A Tennessee state court judge has reversed course on a controversial sentence reduction program following an uproar from civil rights and prisoners’ rights advocates. He later received a public letter of …
Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018
Tennessee Drug Court Judge Imprisons Participants for Smoking Cigarettes by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, Hamilton County, Tennessee Judge Tom Greenholtz sent several drug court participants to jail for a night after their drug tests came back positive – for nicotine. “We routinely test for nicotine as …
Montana Refuses to Pay Judge’s $744,371 Sexual Harassment Settlement by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Montana Supreme Court held that the state was not required to indemnify a judge on sexual harassment claims that he settled with his court reporter. Charlene Berdahl worked as the primary court reporter for …
Article • November 30, 2017
Michigan Court Forced to End “Pay or Stay” Policy by David Reutter by David Reutter A Michigan state district court judge was ordered to end a “pay or stay” policy that he used to toss poor defendants in jail for their inability to pay fines, fees and court costs. The …
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Chief Federal Judge in D.C. Resigns after Lawsuit Accuses Him of Rape by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Richard Roberts, 63, unexpectedly stepped down on March 16, 2016. Although the official reason for his departure was listed …
Brief • June 2, 2017
Cook v. Black, LA, Stipulated Settlement, Debtors Prison, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-11024-ILRL-MBN Document 91-1 Filed 06/02/17 Page 1 of 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LATASHA COOK, ROBERT LEVI, EBONY ROBERTS, ROZZIE SCOTT, RICHARD BOLGIANO, BENNY GRAHAM, JAMES LORIO, BRADLEY MOSES, and MARISA PAM, …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
Las Vegas Judge Ousted after Ordering Public Defender Handcuffed by On February 28, 2017, the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline ordered former Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen to never again serve as a judge in the state. Hafen also agreed to a public censure after admitting he …
Brief • April 12, 2017
Kirkland v. DiLeo, NJ, Settlement, Judicial Misconduct, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE BETWEEN WENDELL KIRKLAND and ANTHONY KIRKLAND AND LOUIS M.J. DiLEO and THE CITY OF LINDEN This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (hereinafter "Agreement"), dated , 2017, is made by and between Wendell Kirkland and Anthony Kirkland (alternatively …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Exonerated Illinois Prisoner Wins $22 Million Verdict Against City of Chicago by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Nathson Fields, convicted of a 1984 double homicide in Chicago, served eighteen years in prison – including 11 on death row – before his convictions were overturned. He was released in 2003 after …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Two Alabama State Court Judges Disciplined by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Almost 35 years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed “debtors’ prisons” – in which defendants are threatened with jail if they fail to pay fees and fines – courts continue to struggle to follow the ruling. The …
Article • March 31, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Arkansas Judge Charged with Trading Leniency for Sexual Favors by Federal authorities have indicted an Arkansas judge on charges of – among other things – trading sexual favors for leniency in sentencing. Former Cross County District Court Judge Joseph Boeckmann, Jr. was indicted in October 2016 by federal prosecutors, following …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
New Jersey: Jail Time for Unpaid Littering Fine Results in Civil Suit by Anthony Kneisser flicked a cigarette butt out of his car window on the New Jersey Turnpike and found himself jailed when he appeared in court in 2014 for the littering offense, as he couldn’t pay the $200 …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Arkansas Judge Resigns after Sexual Favors Allegations by On December 31, 2016, the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission (JDDC) issued a removal letter to Carroll County District Court Judge Timothy Parker after statements from more than a dozen women indicated he had “engaged in a pattern of personal relationships …
Still No Answers by Jamycheal Mitchell’s death in a Virginia jail cell still hasn’t been explained. It should be a national scandal. by Dahlia Lithwick, Slate On August 19, 2015, 24-year-old Jamycheal Mitchell was found dead in his cell at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Virginia. New revelations in May 2016 about …
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