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Judge Brown Emailed Sealed Court Papers to About 140 People
Bloomberg Law News • • nation
Key Points:
- US District Judge Ada Brown, under investigation for misconduct, emailed confidential and sealed court papers to about 140 recipients, including judges, lawyers, and members of the press, according to a Judicial Council order.
- The disclosed documents included sealed materials from unrelated lawyer disciplinary cases and confirmed the existence of the ongoing misconduct investigation into Brown.
- A special committee investigating Brown has urged her to participate in the proceedings scheduled for Oct. 30, warning that refusal to cooperate could lead to a report filed without her input and possible further misconduct findings.
- The committee has ordered Brown to respond by Oct. 27 regarding her disclosure of confidential materials and an unspecified "parallel investigation" she cited for declining participation.
- Brown, a Trump appointee in the Northern District of Texas, has not responded to requests for comment and has not engaged with the committee's investigation thus far.
