‘Unretired’ Judges Are Subject of Conservative Ethics Complaints

A conservative judicial advocacy group filed ethics complaints against two Democratic-appointed judges who reversed their retirement plans after Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 election win.

The Article III Project directed their complaints against Judges Max Cogburn of the Western District of North Carolina and Algenon Marbley of the Southern District of Ohio, who previously announced plans to step back from active status upon confirmation of a successor.

The complaints, filed with the Judicial Councils of the Fourth and Sixth Circuits, call for an investigation into the judges’ decisions to reverse their plans to take senior status, and argues that both may ...