Federal judge accused of misconduct, abandoning her job
U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas is facing a judicial misconduct proceeding. (Photo from Facebook/Judge Ada Brown for SCOTUS)
A federal judge in Dallas has been accused of refusing to take cases, making racial insults to judges and court staff and abandoning her role, judicial investigators have found.
U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas is facing a judicial misconduct proceeding for allegedly mishandling her docket and treating other judges and court staff “in a demonstrably egregious and hostile manner,” Bloomberg Law reports.
A committee of judicial investigators recommended that she be temporarily stripped of her docket, according to internal court documents shared with Bloomberg Law. The investigators found a “reasonable basis” to think that Brown “suffers from a mental condition that currently interferes with her ability to perform the responsibilities of her office,” according to the documents.
Brown, appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term, faces two judicial misconduct complaints, according to the documents. One was submitted by an attorney who appeared before the judge, and the second was identified by Chief Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans.
According to Bloomberg Law, Brown has declined to participate in the proceedings against her by the 5th Circuit’s judicial council.
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