肯塔基州杰斐逊县家事法庭法官奥格登被停职30天，承认行为不当
肯塔基州杰斐逊县路易斯维尔市消息，肯塔基州司法行为委员会10月26日签署同意停职令，杰斐逊县家事法庭法官劳伦·奥格登被停职30天。委员会在审查了大量投诉后，对奥格登法官法庭的录像与书面记录进行了核查，认定她在多起案件中未能保持公正，未能依法履行司法职责。
停职令列举的具体行为包括：奥格登在一次庭审中法袍未拉上拉链，露出印有两个香槟杯图案的衬衫；在另一起案件中，她在庭审过程中吃东西并发短信。委员会认定，她未能建立并维护法庭应有的庄重环境。奥格登于2018年由时任州长马特·贝文任命担任法官，她放弃了正式听证程序，同意接受停职令。
奥格登在10月26日的声明中表示，每个走进她法庭的人都应当感到自己被倾听，这一责任在她身上；前来家事法庭的家庭理应得到及时关注与完整听证，她致力于提供这两点，并尊重司法行为委员会的工作，接受其命令。她的律师表示，鉴于程序性质与司法行为准则对公开评论的限制，奥格登目前不便进一步置评。
Jefferson County, Kentucky family court judge Ogden suspended 30 days, admits misconduct
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky — Kentucky's Judicial Conduct Commission signed an agreed suspension order on Oct. 26 suspending Jefferson County Family Court Judge Lauren Ogden for 30 days. After reviewing numerous complaints, the commission examined video and written records from Judge Ogden's courtroom and found that in multiple cases she failed to remain impartial and failed to perform her judicial duties as required by law.
The suspension order lists specific conduct including: Ogden presiding at one hearing with her robe unzipped, revealing a shirt printed with two champagne glasses; and in another case, eating and texting during proceedings. The commission found she failed to establish and maintain the decorum a courtroom requires. Ogden was appointed to the bench in 2018 by then-Gov. Matt Bevin; she waived a formal hearing process and agreed to the suspension order.
In an Oct. 26 statement, Ogden said everyone who walks into her courtroom should feel heard, that the responsibility lies with her, that families coming to family court deserve timely attention and full hearings, that she is committed to providing both, and that she respects the commission's work and accepts its order. Her attorney said that given the nature of the proceedings and the judicial conduct code's limits on public comment, Ogden could not comment further at this time.
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