Alabama judge removed for calling another judge ‘Uncle Tom’
Jefferson County Judge Nakita Blocton, , “engaged in a pattern and practice of making inappropriate comments – for example, calling one judge ‘Uncle Tom’ and another judge a ‘fat b****’ and calling an employee a heifer.” According to Law & Crime, the Yellowhammer State’s Judicial Inquiry Commission based on a complaint filed.
The commission discovered that Blocton has a pattern of abuse against her staff, attorneys, and litigants. It was discovered to be verbally abusive and belittled her employees.
On Dec. 10, all nine judges sitting on the Alabama Court of the Judiciary acted on a motion to remove Blocton from the bench
The ABA Journal reported that Blocton used different Facebook profiles to communicate with some litigants in a domestic relations case to try to influence the outcome. The judge also demanded that employees give her access to their work computer login information. Along with ordering them to show her their private mobile phones so that she would be able to delete any information that may have been related to the ethics investigation. She also failed to promptly dispose of many of the court cases that were assigned to her, although she spent a substantial amount of time at the office.
The Judicial Inquiry Commission found that Blocton violated eight separate canons of judicial ethics.
Blocton’s attorney, Emory Anthony said, “We were trying to keep her on the bench, and we were disappointed they removed her from the bench.”
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