A judicial discipline panel has recommended the immediate six-month suspension of a Baltimore City District Court judge they determined to be “volatile, unpredictable, and responsible for the enormously difficult work environment” at the District Court. The Commission on Judicial Disabilities deliberated for ...

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Baltimore City District Court Administrative Judge Barbara B. Waxman had heard complaints about Judge Devy Patterson Russell berating courtroom clerks and being unprofessional to her colleagues on the bench.

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The chief judge of the District Court of Maryland has advised judges and court commissioners to impose the least-onerous conditions when setting bail in light of a recent opinion from the state attorney general’s office that such a practice might be unconstitutional.

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