The lawsuit states Judge Kenneth King violated the teen's constitutional rights when he detained her after she fell asleep in his courtroom.

The teen girl without a permanent home who was forced to don jail garb, wear handcuffs and ask for mercy after falling asleep in a courtroom is suing the Detroit judge who had her taken into custody.

Eva Goodman, 15, and her mother filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan against 36th District Judge Kenneth King. They allege he violated the teen’s civil rights, arguing King acted outside the scope of his judicial authority when he detained her, yelled at her and threatened her with jail time.

  • einlander@lemmy.world
    2032·
    4 months ago

    She was on a field trip and not scheduled to be in court. He just reached out into the crowd and just sent her to jail because his feelings were hurt.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1114·
      4 months ago

      Judges are always soft removed when people don’t treat them better than the average person for wearing fucking bathrobes in public.

      Guess what judges, you’re a naked loser underneath those robes, just like the rest of us, you sad soft pieces of shit.