December 11, 2023
A former New Jersey state judge has called on a federal court to maintain her suit accusing current and former state treasurers of illegally withholding her pay while she was suspended amid a since-dismissed criminal case, telling the court their motion to dismiss is hung up on substantive questions that are "not ripe" yet.
October 05, 2023
Current and former New Jersey treasurers urged a federal judge to throw out a former state judge's recently amended suit accusing them of wrongly withholding her salary when she was suspended over criminal charges that were later dismissed, arguing that she cannot save her case by adding them as defendants.
May 30, 2023
A former New Jersey state court judge has revised her federal lawsuit seeking about $780,000 in lost wages as a result of since-dismissed criminal charges, alleging former and current state treasurers acted illegally by withholding her salary.
April 28, 2023
The New Jersey judiciary and its chief justice are immune from a former state court judge's lawsuit seeking wages lost as a result of now-dismissed criminal charges, a federal court ruled Friday.
March 07, 2022
A former New Jersey state court judge urged a district court to uphold her lawsuit seeking nearly five years of wages lost as a result of now-dismissed criminal charges, saying Monday that she has a constitutional property interest in the salary the judiciary took away.
February 07, 2022
The state of New Jersey and its chief Supreme Court justice urged a federal court to dismiss a former jurist's lawsuit seeking back pay for when she was suspended pending now-dismissed criminal charges, arguing Monday that government agencies and public employees enjoy constitutional immunity.
January 12, 2022
A federal court on Wednesday allowed a former state court jurist to add New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart J. Rabner as a defendant in her lawsuit seeking back pay for the period of time she was suspended pending now-dismissed criminal charges alleging she helped her fugitive ex-boyfriend evade police.
July 06, 2021
A former New Jersey state judge on Tuesday asked a federal court to let her name Chief Justice Stuart Rabner as a co-defendant in her suit seeking back pay for the years she was suspended while facing later-dismissed criminal charges, saying the judiciary's refusal to waive sovereign immunity "forced" her hand.
June 07, 2021
The New Jersey state judiciary has called on a federal court to toss a former state judge's suit seeking back pay for the nearly five years she was suspended while facing later-dismissed criminal charges, saying the case is barred on immunity grounds and the court otherwise lacks jurisdiction over her state constitutional claim.