Ethics trial continues for judge claimed to be delusional, even after she announces her retirement
An embattled Detroit judge who says she has already been suspended without pay, for the third time, announced Tuesday that she will retire from the bench.
But the trial of legal ethics charges against 36th District Judge Brenda Sanders that began Monday will continue, the judge hearing the case said. Sanders’ resignation will not be final until she sends a letter to the Michigan governor, which has not occurred, a court spokesman told the Detroit News on Tuesday.
Although Sanders declined to attend the trial, and her lawyer said he did not intend to present witnesses, she complained to the Detroit News in an email that she was being diagnosed at a distance by a psychiatrist she has never met.
“The psychiatrist that made findings that I was delusional and mentally impaired, has never interviewed me or evaluated me for mental disability in any way,” she wrote.
The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission set appointments for Sanders to meet with the psychiatrist, but she never went to the appointments.
