Judge Who Drug Tested Observers to Face Civil Rights Suit

A Missouri state judge must face a suit seeking to stop him from drug testing and detaining courtroom observers after a federal judge allowed part of the action to move forward.

Judge Douglas Gaston’s judicial immunity only protects him from part of a civil rights suit brought by a trio who were allegedly placed in custody and drug tested after attending a hearing in Texas County court, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri said Tuesday.

Norma and Arthur Rogers were in the courtroom to support their daughter during a temporary guardianship hearing for their granddaughter. William ...