Federal Judge Sues Judiciary for Ordering Him to Get Mental Health Evaluation
A BuzzFeed News report covers the story of a federal judge in Ohio who is suing the federal judiciary, claiming that other judges violated his constitutional rights in ordering him to undergo a mental health screening.
Reporter Zoe Tillman writes that US District Judge John Adams, who sits in Akron, faced disciplinary action after a panel of judges found that he mistreated another official in his courthouse and refused to cooperate with an investigation into his behavior by undergoing a mental health exam.
The basis for the order involved a magistrate judge, Tillman explains:
“After a magistrate judge missed a deadline that Adams had set for completing work on a case in February 2013, Adams issued an order that the magistrate judge explain why that magistrate judge should not be held in contempt. The magistrate judge submitted an explanation, and Adams accepted it.”