Veteran prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston tend to warn new hires to be on the lookout for U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes of the Southern District of Texas, according to former U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
And they might be right.
"He repeatedly indicated that government attorneys, especially those from Washington, are lazy, useless, unintelligent, or arrogant," the Fifth Circuit said of the district judge in a recent opinion. "At times, these same sorts of comments were directed at the particular government attorneys appearing before him. What's more, he compared the government with ISIS, referring to its attorneys as 'thugs,' and alluded to the Department of Justice as unethical."
May 11, 2021 at 02:10 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
Veteran prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston tend to warn new hires to be on the lookout for U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes of the Southern District of Texas, according to former U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
And they might be right.
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