Federal Judge Accused of Sex Harassment Gets Rare Rebuke
Bloomberg Law reports that the 10th Circuit Judicial Council publicly reprimanded District Court Judge Carlos Murguia for sexual harassment, the judiciary’s most severe available sanction.
The council found that the judge — appointed by Bill Clinton to the court in Kansas — “gave preferential treatment and unwanted attention to female employees of the Judiciary in the form of sexually suggestive comments, inappropriate text messages, and excessive, non-work-related contact, much of which occurred after work hours and often late at night.”
Murguia apologized for his conduct, but the council found his apologies “more tied to his regret that his actions were brought to light than an awareness of, and regret for, the harm he caused ….”
Read the Bloomberg Law article.
