U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Roberts of the District of Columbia, during Judge Christopher "Casey" Cooper's official investiture ceremony July 11, 2014. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Woman Who Accused Judge of Sexual Assault Can't Re-File Claims, Court Rules
Mitchell claims Roberts sexually assaulted her 35 years ago while he was prosecuting a 1981 murder trial in Salt Lake City when she was a teenager serving as a witness.
August 09, 2022 at 04:18 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
What You Need to Know
- Judge Richard Roberts was accused of sexually assaulting a witness in a trial while he was a prosecutor in 1981.
- The 10th Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of the lawsuit with prejudice.
- Roberts became an inactive senior judge on the U.S. district court in the District of Columbia after the claims were filed.
A woman who brought sexual assault claims against a former prosecutor and now-inactive federal judge cannot re-file her claims in the future, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled.
Judges Veronica Rossman, Joel Carson and Mary Briscoe dismissed with prejudice Terry Mitchell's lawsuit against Richard Warren Roberts, an inactive senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Mitchell claims Roberts sexually assaulted her 35 years ago while he was prosecuting a 1981 murder trial in Salt Lake City when she was a teenager serving as a witness.
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