February 9, 2021 at 2:03 PM
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Above the Law has been writing about Judge Lynn Hughes since 2012. That should give you a sense of the kind of wild card (read: shockingly inappropriate) character we’re dealing with here. In the latest incident, the Fifth Circuit has not only reached out and benchslapped Hughes, reversing his decision, but also taken the extra step of removing the case from his courtroom.
Miller v. Sam Houston State University, in which plaintiff Audrey Miller is alleging discrimination claims against two different university systems, Sam Houston State University and the University of Houston Downtown. Miller had her claims dismissed by Judge Hughes,