The judge deciding whether to dismiss a teenager’s civil rights complaint against New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto and the state sided with the defense on some key issues at a hearing Friday and suggested an ethics grievance was warranted against the plaintiff’s lawyer.
Mercer County Assignment Judge Linda Feinberg said she agreed with defense lawyers that the state civil rights act and negligence law did not permit certain claims against the state and Rivera-Soto in his capacity as a justice.
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