Federal judge had sex in chambers with police officer and lied about it, investigation found

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/federal-judge-police-officer-sex-reprimand-a1caf9894fce24596321c41f600072a9

Federal judge had sex in chambers with police officer and lied about it, investigation found
By KATE BRUMBACK
Updated 9:46 PM CDT, May 28, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge had an extramarital affair with a high-ranking police officer — including having sex in the judge’s chambers that was overheard by staff — and initially lied about the actions but remains on the bench after receiving a “private reprimand,” according to an investigation by the court system.

The Judicial Council of the 11th Judicial Circuit, which includes Alabama, Florida and Georgia, said in a February order that the judge would receive a private reprimand. The Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability of the Judicial Conference of the United States last week affirmed that order.

The judge’s name and court location within the 11th Circuit were not disclosed, and The Associated Press was unable to confirm the judge’s identity.

Federal judges are appointed for life but can be subject to disciplinary action, including censure, public or private reprimands and temporary withholding of cases. They can only be removed through impeachment by Congress.

According to the investigation, the judge and the unidentified officer had “sexual intercourse in the judge’s chambers during business hours within hearing distance of staff” and that the judge went to a partisan political event. The judge initially called the allegations “outrageous” and denied them.

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[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

1. "Hey, if the Judge can get off, why can't I?"--the defendant

[MustLoveBeagles]

17. Lol

[SSJVegeta]

2. We have a right tonknow who they are

[Celerity]

15. Eleanor Ross Is US Judge Reprimanded for Sex in Chambers

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/eleanor-ross-of-atlanta-is-judge-reprimanded-for-sex-in-chambers-94


Judge Eleanor Ross of the Northern District of Georgia was subject to a private reprimand for having sex in the workplace.
Image: C-SPAN Video

Eleanor Ross is the federal district court judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Ross, of the Atlanta-based US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2014. She previously served as a state court judge, a federal prosecutor in the district, and a prosecutor in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.

Ross and other court representatives didn’t return requests for comment sent Thursday through phone calls to chambers and via email.

A special judicial conduct committee of the Eleventh Circuit found a judge, who wasn’t named in the report, engaged in sexual intercourse in “chambers and during business hours” over the course of a two-year relationship, according to the panel’s recently released report. This relationship “demonstrated a gross lack of judgment” and resulted in a “chambers workplace that was extremely uncomfortable and troubling for clerks,” the report said.

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[MustLoveBeagles]

18. Thank you 👍

[Celerity]

25. yw MLB

[SSJVegeta]

28. Ugh one of thenomly.liberals on the court

That sucks

And thank you!!

[pat_k]

3. I'm shocked! Shocked!

NOT!

The 11th, along with the 5th and the 8th are right-wingnut assholes determined to dismantle decades of progress.

And for some reason, being a right-wingnut asshole seems to go along with doing outrageous shit, getting caught, and then vehemently denying the outrageous shit.

[Celerity]

16. The judge is Eleanor Ross, an Obama appointee.

See this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221267190#post15

[MustLoveBeagles]

19. She's not a right winger

[pat_k]

26. Well, I'd say the chances were at least 75% that it would have been.

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[MustLoveBeagles]

27. Can't argue with that

I was hoping it was.

[multigraincracker]

4. Are there any judges in the Epstein Files?

Only one way to find out

[cloudbase]

5. The judge is Eleanor Ross, an Obama appointee.

[Skittles]

6. the difference between "us and them"

is WE would all agree she has to go.......

[cloudbase]

8. Ideally, yes.

In practice, perhaps most would agree. There are always going to be some of those "WE" who will make excuses for egregious conduct.

[Skittles]

12. LOL

nowhere NEAR the rate of the fucking repuke base

[Kaleva]

7. An article with some more info

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/eleanor-ross-of-atlanta-is-judge-reprimanded-for-sex-in-chambers-94

[yellowcanine]

9. Was the judge wearing a robe?

These stories always leave out important details. A robe could hide a head job, for example.

[yellowcanine]

10. So if they had been quieter they might have pulled it off?

So to speak.

[Prairie Gates]

11. Had I known that sort of thing was frowned upon...

[yellowcanine]

24. "Was that wrong?"

[GreenWave]

13. I, at first, had fingers crossed for Aileen Loose Cannon, but no!

[MustLoveBeagles]

21. I was also disappointed

Obama appointe.

[yellowcanine]

14. Brings new meaning to "my place or yours?"

“My chambers or your squad car?”

[Jersey Devil]

20. When I was a law clerk A judge took a jury verdict without his pants on

The judge charged a jury after a case and sent them to deliberate. While they were deliberating the judge went into his chambers, had coffee and spilled it all over his pants, so he sent an aide to the dry cleaners across the street from the court house with his pants and the jury suddenly announced it had reached a verdict. So rather than wait until his pants were returned he put on his robes and went out into the court room to receive the verdict with his bare legs sticking out under the bottom of his robe. He wasn't punished for it but it was the talk of the court house for quite a while.

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. I bet

At least wasn't done on purpose. What rotten timing.

[dalton99a]

22. Judge Eleanor Ross and Atlanta PD Deputy Chief Kelley Collier