Telework Scaled Back for Poor Performance of Texas Prosecutors

Complaints from a federal judge in Texas about the work of prosecutors in El Paso prompted their boss to call for more in-office work, according to an internal email obtained by Bloomberg Law.

Judge Kathleen Cardone, of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, said she and other judges in the division “are very concerned about the quality of work” from the office, according to a Sept. 3 email sent from the district’s US attorney, Jaime Esparza, to his staff.

The work, Esparza reported Cardone saying, “has been marked by lack of preparedness and ineffective advocacy in ...