Florida federal Judge Shelby Highsmith and a Marshals Service deputy are drawing criticism for intervening in a dispute involving the judge's clerk and her daughter at a Miami shop where the judge and the deputy flashed their government IDs and questioned store employees. Some legal observers called Highsmith's actions a serious breach of judicial conduct. Said one: "It raises in the minds of the public that there are two systems of justice -- one for those who are connected and one for us poor schmucks."
August 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Southern District of Florida Judge Shelby Highsmith and a U.S. Marshals Service deputy are drawing criticism for intervening in a personal dispute involving the judge’s clerk and her daughter at a downtown Miami store.
The incident is raising eyebrows in the legal community as well as questions about whether Highsmith may have violated judicial canons by misusing his judicial powers.
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