Former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Ann H. Lokuta has filed a federal lawsuit against the former chief counsel of the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board, a prosecuting attorney for the board, and other individuals from Luzerne County, all of whom Lokuta claimed pursued charges against her after she alleged judicial misconduct on the part of her colleagues.
In a complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Lokuta alleged Joseph A. Massa Jr., former chief counsel of the JCB, and Francis J. Puskas II, one of its prosecutors, tabled a complaint Lokuta filed with the board about former Court of Common Pleas Judges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan while the JCB advanced its case against Lokuta.
