The Judicial Conduct Board will continue its investigation of state Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin over allegedly sending and receiving racist and sexually-explicit emails, despite a request from the justice to move the matter directly to the Court of Judicial Discipline.
The JCB on Nov. 24 released a letter from its vice chairman, James C. Schwartzman, to Eakin’s attorney, William C. Costopoulos, saying the procedural rules do not allow the board to drop its investigation and forward the matter to the court.
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