达拉斯联邦法官布朗未出席司法行为调查听证：委员会等候半小时后由首席巡回法官埃尔罗德宣布结束
德克萨斯州达拉斯县达拉斯市，美国联邦地区法官艾达·布朗10月30日未按要求出席第五巡回上诉法院司法委员会特别委员会的宣誓面谈，委员会在等候半小时后，由首席巡回法官詹妮弗·沃克·埃尔罗德宣布结束当天的程序。
特别委员会由埃尔罗德、巡回法官詹姆斯·格雷夫斯和西得州首席地区法官阿利娅·摩西组成，负责调查针对布朗的两起司法行为投诉。
委员会10月19日公布的命令称，已认定布朗“擅离职守”，且可能患有影响其履行法官职责的精神状况；委员会9月21日罕见地命令她在30天内接受精神检查，司法委员会9月29日又暂令她的案件转交他人审理、不再向她分配新案。
布朗由特朗普在其首个总统任期内任命为北得州联邦地区法官，她此前已告知委员会自己不会参与调查，称参与会损害一项未指明的平行调查。
委员会未当场说明下一步程序。此案是联邦司法系统针对在任法官罕见的公开纪律调查，后续走向仍待委员会进一步行动。
来源：GSM·美国
Dallas Federal Judge Aida Brown Fails to Appear at Judicial Misconduct Hearing; Committee Waits Half an Hour before Chief Judge Elrod Ends the Session
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas — U.S. District Judge Aida Brown failed to appear as required on October 30 for a sworn interview before a special committee of the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council. After waiting half an hour, Chief Circuit Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod ended the day's proceedings.
The special committee — Elrod, Circuit Judge James Graves and Western District of Texas Chief Judge Alia Moses — is investigating two judicial conduct complaints against Brown.
In an order made public on October 19, the council found that Brown had "abandoned" her duties and may have a mental condition affecting her ability to serve. On September 21, the council took the rare step of ordering her to undergo a mental evaluation within 30 days, and on September 29 it temporarily reassigned her cases and barred new assignments to her.
Brown, appointed to the Northern District of Texas by President Trump in his first term, had told the committee she would not participate in the investigation, saying participation would harm an unspecified parallel investigation.
The committee did not announce next steps on the record. The case is a rare public disciplinary investigation of a sitting federal judge, and its course now awaits further committee action.
Source: GSM America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
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