Alabama Judge Reportedly Suspended Amid Allegations of Racial Comments About White Clerk
Alabama judge suspended after a 120-page ethics complaint details seven alleged violations, including cancelled hearings that harmed patients and staff harassment.
- On Friday, May 22, 2026, Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard was suspended after Alabama's Judicial Inquiry Commission filed a 120-page complaint charging her with seven violations of judicial ethics.
- The complaint alleges Blanchard failed to hold a single involuntary commitment hearing for nine months in a county of 660,000, while telling staff she was the 'ultimate authority' with 'no boss.'
- Citing 24 documented examples of delayed hearings, the complaint includes an attorney's written plea: 'Just hoping we do not have a continuance because I am so worried that my client is going to die.'
- Retired Probate Judge Sherri Friday has been sworn back in to fill the seat, while retired Judge Carole Smitherman serves as the county's interim Chief Election Official.
- The Court of the Judiciary will hear the case to determine if Blanchard violated the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics, potentially ending her tenure permanently.
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Judge who called herself ‘ultimate authority’ gets suspended over racist comments to white clerk
Source link Yashiba Blanchard An Alabama judge was suspended after making a racist remark against a White clerk. Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard was hit with a 120-page complaint after she delayed cases to walk her dog and even attacked a White woman with racially charged comments. Blanchard called herself the “ultimate authority” in conversations with her staff. Judge
Alabama Judge Yashiba Blanchard Suspended After 120-Page Complaint Claims She Delayed Cases to Walk Her Dogs
A newly elected Alabama judge has been removed from the bench indefinitely after a 120-page complaint accused her of deliberately delaying hearings, bullying staff, and treating her courtroom as a personal fiefdom where she answered to no one. Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard was suspended on 22 May 2026 following a formal complaint filed the day prior by Alabama's Judicial Inquiry Commission, which charged her with seven violati…
Alabama Judge Who Called Herself "Ultimate Authority" Suspended After Making Racist Remarks Against White Clerk
An Alabama judge was suspended after making a racist remark against a White clerk. Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard was hit with a 120-page complaint after she delayed cases to walk her dog and even attacked a White woman with racially charged comments. Blanchard called herself the “ultimate authority” in conversations with her staff. Judge Blanchard is accused of ethical and judicial misconduct by delaying cases so she could walk her dogs. In on…
Judge allegedly made racial comments about white clerk, postponed critical hearings to walk her dogs
An Alabama judge has been suspended after she was accused of postponing hearings to walk her dogs, keeping patients who had been involuntarily committed in hospitals — and using racial language about a clerk, according to a complaint.
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