Alaska Judge's Misconduct Prompts Bid To Pause Appeal

By Courtney Bublé (October 10, 2024, 3:41 PM EDT) -- When Jessica Spayd, a former nurse practitioner in Alaska, was on trial in fall 2022 for allegedly illegally prescribing millions of opioids, the presiding judge was texting with an attorney in the office prosecuting her case. Less than two years later, U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred resigned after he was found to have had an inappropriate relationship with that attorney when she was a clerk, among other improprieties....

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