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Another Broward Judge to be reprimanded, suspended for misconduct
Broward County Judge Mardi Levey Cohen is set to receive a public reprimand from the Florida Supreme Court in early June as a result of a judicial misconduct investigation. The reprimand, scheduled for June 3, follows findings that Cohen acted inappropriately during her 2022 reelection campaign. In addition to the public rebuke, she will also…
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FBI arrests Milwaukee judge over obstructing ICE operations
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan on obstruction charges after she allegedly directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers away from an illegal immigrant, enabling him to evade arrest. Patel shared the news on X, stating, “Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on…
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Former New Mexico judge and his wife arrested for allegedly housing suspected Tren de Aragua member
Former Magistrate Judge Arrested in New Mexico In a significant development from New Mexico, former Doña Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy Cano, were apprehended on Thursday. Their arrest followed an FBI operation at their residence, which was under suspicion for harboring an illegal immigrant linked to gang activities. Details of…
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Broward judge faces discipline over political contributions
A circuit judge in Broward County, who is already under consideration for a possible reprimand by the Florida Supreme Court, may also face disciplinary action for making political donations, according to filings submitted Friday by the state’s Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC). Earlier this year, in January, the JQC advised the Supreme Court to issue a…
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Broward Circuit reassigns Gary Farmer for making lewd comments from the bench
Farmer, in one day, told a defendant that he should wear condoms. He also recited a gay wordplay taken from an old comic sketch, but stopped short of dropping an f bomb. Broward Circuit judge Gary Farmer spoke too freely from the bench recently. He was reassigned this week to the civil court from the…
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Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket
Aileen Cannon, federal judge and controversial jurist, who dismissed the criminal case involving classified documents against Donald Trump last July, failed in her disclosure of her attendance at the May 2023 banquet sponsored by a conservative legal school. Cannon attended an event in Arlington honoring late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Documents obtained by the…
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Detroit judge who had teen handcuffed for sleeping temporarily removed from docket
Detroit’s chief judge has ordered a judge to undergo training after he handcuffed a teenage girl and threatened to jail her for sleeping and acting “attitude”. The judge had the girl handcuffed because she was threatening to go to jail and slept in his court. 36th District Court Chief Judge William McConico said after the…
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NY Supreme Court Judge Mark Grisanti, who shoved cop, brawled with neighbors over parking spot, to be replaced on bench
The New York judge who was photographed shoving the police officer and fighting with his neighbors in a shirtless dispute over parking space is scheduled to be replaced shortly with a bench. Judge Mark Grisanti, an acting state Supreme Court justice in Buffalo is not in the list of 25 judicial nominees Gov. Kathy Hochul…
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More Proof of Corrupt Judges who violate the public trust
On Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court removed a judge who had presided over sentencing in the Parkland mass-shooting case from a murder case involving the death penalty. The court found that she showed unfair sympathy for prosecutors in the Parkland school shooting case. The court has removed Elizabeth Scherer from the position of judge in…
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Lawmakers break Florida’s improvement streak in latest ‘Judicial Hellholes’ report
Florida’s “judicial hellhole” status has been deteriorated for the first time in four-years. What’s the problem? The Florida Legislature. The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), in its latest Judicial Hellhole Report, states that the Legislature has not done much to reduce lawsuit abuse in Florida even though Gov. The state’s litigation environment has been improved…