BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — The Judicial Tenure Commission has filed a new petition with the Michigan Supreme Court seeking the suspension of a Livingston County judge who faces criminal charges.
The Livingston Daily Press & Argus reports the commission took the action Monday against Judge Theresa Brennan after the court threw out its initial request Jan. 25 on a technicality .
Brennan faces misconduct charges and a separate criminal case. She's already barred from hearing cases, but a suspension could stop her pay.
Brennan's accused of perjury and destroying evidence in her divorce case. In the misconduct matter, she's accused of many ethics violations in how she ran her office as well as for a relationship with a state police detective during a murder trial.
She has two weeks to respond to the commission's request.
