(Reuters) - Federal judges in New Mexico voted not to reappoint a magistrate judge after an internal probe found she created an abusive and hostile work environment by subjecting employees to outbursts, "derogatory" statements and frequent threats of being fired.
The inquiry into former U.S. Magistrate Judge Carmen Garza was detailed in a rare public order on Wednesday by the 10th Circuit Judicial Council, which had received a misconduct complaint about the judge.The order also said the matter raised broader concerns about court employees' comfort reporting misconduct.
Garza denied the allegations, the order said. She could not be reached for comment.
"The Judiciary, including this Circuit, has made progress in the area of workplace conduct, but it is clear that there is more work to do," Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich wrote for the council of judges, which oversees the circuit's administrative and disciplinary issues.
The public order appeared to mark the first known instance of the federal judiciary addressing misconduct under policies adopted in 2019 in the wake of the #MeToo movement to explicitly prohibit abusive conduct in the workplace.The order came amid continued calls by Democratic lawmakers and court reform advocates to extend statutory protections against harassment and discrimination to the judiciary's 30,000 employees, a proposal opposed by the Judicial Conference of the United States.
A committee was appointed to investigate Garza, who had...
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