May 24, 2022
A former North Carolina assistant federal public defender has fired back at the federal judiciary's claim that she cannot seek an appellate cost award in her lawsuit challenging court officials' handling of her sexual harassment complaints, saying she prevailed on the merits of two claims when the Fourth Circuit partially revived the case last month.
April 26, 2022
A designated Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday reinstated some claims in a sexual harassment suit brought by a former North Carolina assistant federal public defender accusing federal judiciary officials of mishandling her complaints, but declined to rule that internal procedures designed to redress workplace misconduct claims are unconstitutional.
March 22, 2022
The formerly anonymous attorney suing the leaders of the federal judiciary over their alleged mishandling of her complaints of on-the-job sexual harassment has officially revealed her identity.
March 02, 2022
Two of the three out-of-circuit judges assigned by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts to hear an ex-North Carolina assistant federal public defender's Fourth Circuit appeal in her sexual harassment suit suggested Wednesday that the federal judiciary did not seem to have followed its procedures to redress workplace misconduct claims when the public defender aired her allegations.
February 18, 2022
The federal judiciary has urged a Fourth Circuit panel not to disqualify itself from a former North Carolina assistant federal public defender's sexual harassment lawsuit against top court officials, denying claims that the officials influenced U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts' designation of out-of-circuit judges to hear the case.
November 04, 2021
The federal judiciary is urging the Fourth Circuit to affirm a lower court order finding that the judicial branch and its leadership are immune from a former North Carolina assistant federal public defender's sexual harassment suit, saying she improperly terminated the internal process to report misconduct claims before suing for relief.
November 01, 2021
The Fourth Circuit on Monday announced the designations of three outside federal appellate judges who will hear a former North Carolina assistant federal public defender's sexual harassment case against the federal judiciary's leadership after the court's judges recused themselves.
August 26, 2021
A civil case involving a former North Carolina assistant federal public defender who sued the federal judiciary's leadership for allegedly mishandling a sexual harassment report she lodged against a supervisor is picking up steam in the Fourth Circuit, after a flurry of amici briefs were filed Thursday in her support.