Transgender Woman Wants Judge Brantley Starr Off Case for Alleged Anti-LGBTQ Bias
Valerie Jackson, a transgender woman who has sued over her treatment in a Dallas jail, alleged that new U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr is biased against LGBTQ people and should be removed from her case.
December 13, 2019 at 12:14 PM
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A transgender woman alleges that new U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr expressed anti-LGBTQ bias in the past, and he should have recused himself from her case, but improperly refused to step down.
Valerie Jackson of Dallas appealed Thursday, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to step in and recuse Starr, one of the newest judges on the Dallas federal court in the Northern District of Texas. Confirmed to his bench in July, Starr used to be deputy first assistant attorney general of Texas, where he supervised almost two dozen divisions in the Texas Office of the Attorney General.
Jackson's attorney, Scott Palmer, wrote in an email that Starr made at least three legal errors when deciding Jackson's motion to recuse, and he's asked the Fifth Circuit to remove Starr and appoint a new judge.
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