Democrat Judge Suspended Over ‘Unprecedented’ Behavior

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Democrat Judge Suspended Over ‘Unprecedented’ Behavior

By Mimi Nguyen Ly, The Epoch Times, October 21, 2022:

The Ohio Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended a local judge, citing “unprecedented misconduct” that includes falsifying court documents, issuing illegitimate arrest warrants, and donning inappropriate attire in court.

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Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Pinkey Carr, a Democrat, was found to exhibit such misconduct that comprise more than 100 incidents over a period of about two years.

The misconduct “encompassed repeated acts of dishonesty; the blatant and systematic disregard of due process, the law, court orders, and local rules; the disrespectful treatment of court staff and litigants; and the abuse of capias warrants and the court’s contempt power,” stated the court’s per curium opinion (pdf). “That misconduct warrants an indefinite suspension from the practice of law.”

Justices agreed with the court’s three-panel Board of Professional Conduct’s assessment that Carr “ruled her courtroom in a reckless and cavalier manner, unrestrained by the law or the court’s rules, without any measure of probity or even common courtesy,” and that she “conducted business in a manner befitting a game show host rather than a judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court.”

Indefinite Suspension

Justices on the Ohio Supreme Court voted 5–2 on Oct. 18 to indefinitely suspend Carr’s law license—a sanction that is the most severe penalty from the court, besides disbarment. The punishment is also more severe than the two-year suspension that the court’s Board of Professional Conduct had sought (pdf).

Official court documents (pdf) state that Carr, who had been a judge since 2012, is now “indefinitely suspended from the practice of law and immediately suspended from judicial office without pay for the duration of her disciplinary suspension.”

Carr was found to have ignored an administrative order by the presiding judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court to postpone hearings around March and April 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to not rescheduling hearings, she was determined to have issued arrest warrants for at least 20 non-jail defendants who did not appear in court. Furthermore, she waived fines and court costs for people who were “brave enough” to appear in court in this period. Carr also lied to local news media and to her presiding judge that she did not issue arrest warrants.

The former judge agreed to some 583 statements of fact and misconduct related to her ethics violations, including acknowledging that she often held hearings without a prosecutor present to avoid complying with procedural safeguards in state law, which include requiring a judge to inform the accused of the nature of the charge, the identity of the complainant, the right to counsel, and the effect of various pleas.

Carr acknowledged that she has falsified court journal entries to conceal her actions, which included unilaterally entering no-contest pleas and then finding defendants not guilty of their charged offenses, or arbitrarily waiving fines and costs for defendants whom she had found guilty but without looking into their ability to pay the fines. In at least 24 of 34 cases, Carr’s journal entries falsely said looked into defendants’ ability to pay and determined they couldn’t pay. Instead, most of the time, Carr had frequently waived fines and costs based on the defendant’s birth date.

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TOMSJR

1 year ago

So, is this JUDGE’s past cases going to be looked into? OR, will she get a PASS?
I think she will be ruled mentally challenged due to stress and all previous cases she ruled on, will be ignored. THAT IS HOW DEMS GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING.

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Robert Kahlcke

1 year ago

Reply to  TOMSJR

The judge was WHELPED from a SWINE (pig).

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Intrepid

1 year ago

I hope this case points the way for the same thing to happen to the rest of these Marxist judges, especially in D.C.

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steven jacobs

1 year ago

Reply to  Intrepid

hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!Dream on!!!

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whirlwinder

1 year ago

This is the ultimate result of hiring affirmative action folk.

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Kathy Brown, Esq.

1 year ago

Reply to  whirlwinder

True. But I’m astonished that this POS “judge” isn’t being commended! I mean she’s the PERFECT DEM JUDGE!

I guess she ticked off another Dem. Otherwise she’d be considered for the Supreme Court of the state-she’s Black, female and really really corrupt. The Trifecta!

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Crusader General

1 year ago

When you put primates in high places, don’t be surprised when they sling feces in your faces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_a_Dog

Last edited 1 year ago by Crusader General

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Snowedin

1 year ago

For Judges in the liberal commie demo world, Rogue is the Way to go.

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william carr

1 year ago

THere are a lot of shaky juges in USA like the one who granted visiting rights to the convicted rapist who fathered the child, I cannot remeber the details. I wonder how they get their positions.

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Laddyboy

1 year ago

“indefinite suspension from the practice of law”??? NOPE!! Plain and Simple DISBARMENT IS DEMANDED!!!

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Beverly Hemmann

1 year ago

Huh – An Obama Judge?

Last edited 1 year ago by Beverly

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R.G.

1 year ago

I saw a few other reports on this case on various other “republican” supposedly conservative websites, all were conveniently scrubbed of any reference to political party affiliation or race of the judge. I knew I’d find the truth somewhere….Geller Report.

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Deb

1 year ago

Why can’t we share on Truth Social?

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ROY TREPANIER

1 year ago

George Soros loses one, but he has thousands more. Not enough time left to clean out all the critters in the swamp. Good on this one though.
Maranatha, come Lord Jesus………

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Ron

1 year ago

Look for Joe Biden to nominate former Judge Carr to the Supreme Court as soon as there is an open seat.

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steven jacobs

1 year ago

must be a big bank account in the Cayman Islands

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Robert Kahlcke

1 year ago

Judging from her name alone, she should not have been a JUDGE. Period
In addition, she should be permanently DISBARRED. Forthwith

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