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Fifth Circuit Judicial Council Releases Report on NDTX Judge Ada Brown

A little after 2 a.m. this past Saturday, dozens of judges and others received an email from U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of Dallas with attachments that included previously confidential documents from the Judicial Council of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that revealed complaints filed against Judge Brown by the chief judge of the Fifth Circuit and by a lawyer in New York.

On October 19, the Fifth Circuit committee led by Chief Judge Jennifer Elrod, released 17 pages of documents that officially confirm the investigation of Judge Ada Brown.

Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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