Post by Logan on Jan 30, 2016 0:11:17 GMT -6
Committee recommends York County probate judge be suspended for rest of term
A Maine committee that investigates complaints of misconduct against state judges is recommending that York County Probate Judge Robert M.A. Nadeau be suspended from his judicial duties and forfeit his salary for the rest of his elected term, which expires at the end of this year.
The Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability made that recommendation to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court last week after considering complaints that since 2013 Nadeau showed bias by bypassing certain lawyers for court appointments, and that he changed the probate court schedule last year to hear fewer cases after the York County commissioners refused to give him the raise he requested.
The state’s highest court received the recommendation on Jan. 19 and has yet to schedule a hearing, which would be held before a single justice of the court.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court already is weighing whether to suspend Nadeau for four weeks for prior accusations. He also faces a lawsuit claiming that his changes to the court schedule cost a woman custody of her grandchild.
Read more: www.pressherald.com/2016/01/29/committee-recommends-york-county-probate-judge-be-suspended-for-remainder-of-term/
A Maine committee that investigates complaints of misconduct against state judges is recommending that York County Probate Judge Robert M.A. Nadeau be suspended from his judicial duties and forfeit his salary for the rest of his elected term, which expires at the end of this year.
The Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability made that recommendation to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court last week after considering complaints that since 2013 Nadeau showed bias by bypassing certain lawyers for court appointments, and that he changed the probate court schedule last year to hear fewer cases after the York County commissioners refused to give him the raise he requested.
The state’s highest court received the recommendation on Jan. 19 and has yet to schedule a hearing, which would be held before a single justice of the court.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court already is weighing whether to suspend Nadeau for four weeks for prior accusations. He also faces a lawsuit claiming that his changes to the court schedule cost a woman custody of her grandchild.
Read more: www.pressherald.com/2016/01/29/committee-recommends-york-county-probate-judge-be-suspended-for-remainder-of-term/