Federal judge had sex in chambers with high-ranking police officer, panel says
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- The committee, comprised of seven judges, upheld the findings of judicial misconduct issued in February by the Judicial Council of the 11th Circuit, the federal appeals court circuit that handles cases arising from U.S.
- The 11th Circuit imposed sanctions on the judge, who agreed to them, which included ordering that they write letters of apology to six former law clerks who were interviewed in the probe;
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A federal judge has been disciplined for having sex their chambers with a high-ranking law enforcement officer within earshot of staff, attending a partisan political event and for lying to superior judges who investigated the claims, a disciplinary committee revealed.
But the identity of the judge and the district court in which they sit is being kept private by the Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability of the Judicial Council of the United States in its decision issued Friday, which was reported earlier by Law360 and Reuters.