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Federal judge had sex in chambers with police officer and lied about it, investigation found
https://apnews.com/article/federal-judge-police-officer-sex-reprimand-a1caf9894fce24596321c41f600072a9Federal 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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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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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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That sucks
And thank you!!
I was hoping it was.
So to speak. 
“My chambers or your squad car?” 
At least wasn't done on purpose. What rotten timing. 
