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Judge Hughes is for his courtroom diatribes, including a rare "order of ineptitude" he gave to a terrorism prosecutor who showed up in the wrong outfit. Now he's been removed from sex discrimination case for "stifling" a professor's chance at fairness https://bit.ly/3tlzQe4
In case you're in the mood for a rabbit hole, here are some Lynn Hughes stories to absorb. Here's @Daneschiller coverage of the "order of ineptitude": https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Federal-judge-issues-Order-of-Ineptitude-6816478.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
Here's another @HoustonChron alum, Mike Tolson, on a accusations Hughes made racist remarks. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-judge-accused-of-racist-remarks-4254180.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
Another great @HoustonChron alum, @LiseDigger, had this story of Hughes being slapped previously by the 5th Circuit for sexist on the record remarks about working women. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Federal-Judge-Lynn-Hughes-criticized-by-federal-13054643.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
The next chapter in that saga involved Hughes banishing the prosecutor in that case from his courtroom during trial. The US Attorney himself, @USAttyPatrick, stepped in to advocate for her, sparking a standoff. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-federal-judge-bars-female-prosecutor-from-13610959.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
After he was told by circuit to resentence a man convicted of backing ISIS, the freewheeling Regan appointee provoked DOJ ire when he resisted adding more time to what was one of the shortest known sentences for that crime. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Federal-judge-doesn-t-alter-18-month-prison-14905387.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
Here's a PDF from the Houston Bar Association that shows how local lawyers rated Hughes and his peers in 2019: https://s3.amazonaws.com/membercentralcdn/sitedocuments/hba/hba/0363/1575363.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIHKD6NT2OL2HNPMQ&Expires=1612280570&Signature=WJM6DBioxtqzdDgrZmUxmJv7CyU%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22usdc%2Dresults%5Fread%2Donly%2D1%2Epdf%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF%2D8%27%27usdc%252Dresults%255Fread%252Donly%252D1%252Epdf
I'll end on this excellent thread by @danbauman77 https://twitter.com/danbauman77/status/1355745277383213058?s=20
