Post by Origanalist on Jul 28, 2014 5:16:46 GMT -8
Justice is being ruled over by people exempt from justice.
6th Circuit Court: Ex-Judge Wade McCree's conduct 'reprehensible' but immune from lawsuit
8:29 PM, July 22, 2014
Disgraced former Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree, who had an affair with a woman while presiding over her child custody case, got some good news from a federal appeals court this week: He can’t be sued by the child’s father.
That’s what the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded in a 24-page decision Monday, stating that while McCree’s actions were “often reprehensible,” he is immune from lawsuits under the long-held doctrine of judicial immunity.
The ruling rubbed one attorney the wrong way: Joel Sklar, who is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court for help in loosening up the doctrine that says judges can’t be sued for decisions they make on the bench.
“There should be no immunity for what happened here,” said Sklar, who said he believes McCree improperly used the judicial immunity doctrine “as a shield for self interest” so that he could have a sexual relationship with a woman who appeared before him in a child custody case.
Sklar represents the child’s father, Robert King, who is fighting for the right to sue McCree, alleging he denied him access to a fair and impartial judge: McCree was having an affair with his child’s mother, sexted her from the bench and gave her thousands of dollars.
The courts, meanwhile, have long held that judges can’t be sued by litigants. Sklar said he hopes the U.S. Supreme Court reconsiders.
“The fight isn’t over yet,” Sklar said. “We’re not done.”
McCree’s attorney, Brian Einhorn, is skeptical about Sklar’s fight.
“I think he’s wasting his time,” Einhorn said of Sklar’s efforts to get the case before the U.S. Supreme Court. “I didn’t think there was a basis to the lawsuit when he started it ... or after the appeal.”
Einhorn also applauded the 6th Circuit for upholding the judicial immunity doctrine on McCree’s behalf. He said McCree acted appropriately by tethering the father and ordering him to pay child support. That was his job as a judge, he said, adding the father had conceded he owed child support.
continued at...www.freep.com/article/20140722/NEWS01/307220150/judge-wade-mccree
6th Circuit Court: Ex-Judge Wade McCree's conduct 'reprehensible' but immune from lawsuit
8:29 PM, July 22, 2014
Disgraced former Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree, who had an affair with a woman while presiding over her child custody case, got some good news from a federal appeals court this week: He can’t be sued by the child’s father.
That’s what the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded in a 24-page decision Monday, stating that while McCree’s actions were “often reprehensible,” he is immune from lawsuits under the long-held doctrine of judicial immunity.
The ruling rubbed one attorney the wrong way: Joel Sklar, who is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court for help in loosening up the doctrine that says judges can’t be sued for decisions they make on the bench.
“There should be no immunity for what happened here,” said Sklar, who said he believes McCree improperly used the judicial immunity doctrine “as a shield for self interest” so that he could have a sexual relationship with a woman who appeared before him in a child custody case.
Sklar represents the child’s father, Robert King, who is fighting for the right to sue McCree, alleging he denied him access to a fair and impartial judge: McCree was having an affair with his child’s mother, sexted her from the bench and gave her thousands of dollars.
The courts, meanwhile, have long held that judges can’t be sued by litigants. Sklar said he hopes the U.S. Supreme Court reconsiders.
“The fight isn’t over yet,” Sklar said. “We’re not done.”
McCree’s attorney, Brian Einhorn, is skeptical about Sklar’s fight.
“I think he’s wasting his time,” Einhorn said of Sklar’s efforts to get the case before the U.S. Supreme Court. “I didn’t think there was a basis to the lawsuit when he started it ... or after the appeal.”
Einhorn also applauded the 6th Circuit for upholding the judicial immunity doctrine on McCree’s behalf. He said McCree acted appropriately by tethering the father and ordering him to pay child support. That was his job as a judge, he said, adding the father had conceded he owed child support.
continued at...www.freep.com/article/20140722/NEWS01/307220150/judge-wade-mccree