Board: Remove Blakely from the bench
First District Court Judge Timothy Blakely should be removed from the bench, according to the Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards.By: Jon Swedien, The Republican Eagle
First District Court Judge Timothy Blakely should be removed from the bench, according to the Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards.
The board believes Blakely, who serves as a part-time judge in Goodhue County, violated the state's judicial code of conduct by using his position as a judge to benefit himself financially.
A fact-finding panel - consisting of one retired justice, and two retired judges - in April found that Blakely directed divorce mediations to his own divorce lawyer in exchange for a $60,000 reduction in his legal fees. The panel heard evidence on the matter during a hearing last November.
Read more about this in Wednesday's Republican Eagle.
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