Jefferson County judge Nakita Blocton off bench, accused of forcing staff to take diet pills, mental instability
Updated 7:55 AM;
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A Jefferson County domestic relations judge has been temporarily removed from the bench after a 37-page report by the Judicial Inquiry Commission accused of her mental instability and drug use, abuse of staff, attorneys and litigants and failure to promptly dispose of cases.
According to the complaint, Circuit Judge Nakita Blocton, who became a judge in 2017 and later swore in Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, committed multiple violations of the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics.
The allegations say the judge – or someone on her behalf - used Facebook aliases to communicate with, and threaten, people who had cases before her. She is alleged to have made members of her staff work extraordinarily long hours and take Phentermine – a diet pill – to “pep” them up after having worked late the night before.