Welcome to Monday, the 22nd anniversary of President Bill Clinton’s public acknowledgment that he had misled people about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Should an International Monetary Fund board ...
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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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The Maryland commission in charge of investigating and disciplining judges recommended a suspension for one judge and issued a public reprimand to a second during fiscal year 2019, according to its annual report. The commission opened files for 204 complaints between July ...
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A judicial discipline panel on Tuesday recommended an additional three-month suspension for a currently suspended Baltimore City District Court judge. The Court of Appeals suspended Judge Devy Patterson Russell for six months on July 1 and ordered her to have a ...
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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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Welcome to Monday, the 86th anniversary of newly inaugurated President Franklin Roosevelt telling the American people that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Texas judge ...
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Damage from Kavanaugh's confirmation fight leads news items including ethnic profiling, judicial insensitivity and new DNA in a decades-old Texas killing.
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Disciplinary proceedings against a Prince George's County judge paused Monday morning to allow investigators to depose him after some confusion about whether he would testify.
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OCEAN CITY — With rule changes to the judicial discipline process in the works, attorneys and judges at the Maryland State Bar Association’s annual gathering Friday discussed potential avenues for evaluating judges throughout their tenure. Retired Prince George’s Circuit Judge ...
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On March 22, the Court of Appeals dismissed judicial disciplinary proceedings against Howard County District Judge Mary C. Reese. (The court’s reasons are to be stated in an opinion to be filed.) Five days later, the Court of Appeals held ...
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