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US Court of Appeals Finds for Judge in Gordian Knot of Interests

Loaded on April 15, 2013

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Judicial Misconduct. Location: Ohio.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed in August 2012 the district court’s judgment that Judge James DeWeese, presiding in a state action against Edwin Griffeth, a supervised prison releasee, overstepped his authority and acted without jurisdiction in evicting Plaintiff Jennifer Leech form tenancy at Griffeth’s ...

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