Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans has referred misconduct accusations against Judge Kathy Flanagan to the Judicial Inquiry Board, which will decide whether to file charges. Flanagan is the acting presiding judge of the Law Division.
Last June, a Cook County defendant ate a bagel with cream cheese in a Lawndale community center that doubles as a nontraditional courtroom. “What have you been doing?” the judge asked. “Playing basketball,” the defendant replied to laughs around the room, amending that he has also participated in programming through community services organizations in the hopes of completing the court program .
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