Suspended Judge's Suit Suspended
The Times-Picayune reports that a lawsuit filed by suspended Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Yvonne Hughes has been stayed by US Eastern District Judge Ivan Lemelle pending final disciplinary action by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Hughes was suspended for serious misconduct, and subsequently filed a civil rights lawsuit over the seizure of documents from her court by a state Judiciary Commission prosecutor.
Posted by AJR at August 14, 2003 08:39 AM