Former judge Devy Patterson Russell promised in a filing with the Court of Appeals not to seek a return to the bench as a senior judge or to seek another judicial position. Russell retired Sept. 25 after being charged in ...

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Proposed amendments to the Maryland Rules would allow the Court of Appeals to place judges on administrative leave or even suspend them without pay during disciplinary proceedings, changes prompted by the situation in Baltimore involving now-retired Judge Devy Patterson Russell. ...

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Embattled Baltimore City District Judge Devy Patterson Russell retired Wednesday after being charged in a third disciplinary matter. Russell, who had been on the bench since 2006, had been serving a six-month suspension since July 1 as a sanction for yelling ...

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Maryland’s highest court has suspended a Baltimore judge without pay for six months as a sanction for yelling at fellow judges and court staff, as well as for disrupting court proceedings and failing to properly process search warrants. The Commission ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A controversial Baltimore City District Court judge is accused of using her influence to attempt to embarrass another judge in 2015, according to testimony before a judicial ethics panel on Monday. The Commission on Judicial Disabilities recommended a six-month suspension ...

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The following is a transcript of a Feb. 19 hearing in Anne Arundel County District Court where Tyrique Hudson sought a peace order against his downstairs neighbor, James Allan Verombeck. Judge Devy Patterson Russell presided over the hearing and denied ...

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At a hearing in February, Tyrique Hudson told a judge that he felt threatened by his downstairs neighbor and sought a court order to provide protection. Judge Devy Patterson Russell, a Baltimore judge sitting in Anne Arundel County District Court that ...

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A Baltimore judge facing a possible suspension denied a peace order recently for a Glen Burnie man who was allegedly killed Monday by the neighbor he named in the petition. Baltimore City District Judge Devy Patterson Russell has been sitting in ...

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A Baltimore judge already facing suspension for her behavior on the job has been charged with additional misconduct for allegedly attempting to manipulate an incident report to cast another judge in a bad light. The Commission on Judicial Disabilities previously ...

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ANNAPOLIS – The attorney for an embattled Baltimore District Court judge told Maryland’s top court Monday that the jurist cannot be sanctioned for having “personality disputes” with fellow judges and court personnel. But the state’s judicial disciplinary board countered that ...

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