Supreme Court Denies Former Judge Ann Lokuta a Hearing

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Supreme Court Denies Former Judge Ann Lokuta a Hearing


Former Luzerne County judge Ann Lokuta finally accepted defeat [10/3/11] when the U.S. Supreme Court denied her a hearing on a petition to overturn her removal from the county bench.

“We had some favorable issues, but it’s a distant reach,” Lokuta said of her request for a hearing before the high court, which included her petition among hundreds it refused to consider in an order issued this morning.

“But I had to do it because I never did the things they said I did,” Lokuta said.

The state Court of Judicial Discipline removed Lokuta from the bench in 2008, finding she mistreated attorneys and court staffers and handed down a decision in favor of a family that had supported her politically.

Lokuta maintained the case against her was orchestrated by former county president judge Michael T. Conahan, who is now serving a 17½-year racketeering conspiracy sentence after pleading guilty to accepting $2.8 million in kickbacks for placing juveniles in two for-profit detention centers.

Lokuta said Conahan wanted to punish her because she gave information to federal agents investigating the kids-for-cash case. He was a witness at her trial.

“I’m glad I was an informant. I paid the price for that,” said Lokuta, who lost her pension rights and is barred from seeking judicial office. “This a major part of my life that has ended.”

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http://citizensvoice.com/u-s-supreme-court-denies-lokuta-a-hearing-1.1212489?cache=03D163D03D163Dp%3FparentPage%3D2.1244#axzz1ZlhqEJDI
 
Editor's note: We, in Illinois have our own "Kid's for Cash" scandal just waiting to be uncovered. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com