Ex-West Virginia justice files lawsuit over impeachment
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An impeached former West Virginia Supreme Court justice has filed a federal lawsuit accusing elected officials of gender bias and other violations.
Former Justice Robin Davis' lawsuit says she would not have been impeached "had she not been a woman." It seeks to halt her upcoming impeachment trial in the state Senate.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday names Gov. Jim Justice and multiple legislators as defendants. It says a Judiciary Investigation Commission previously dismissed code of judicial conduct complaints against Davis, a Democrat.
Meanwhile, impeached Justice Margaret Workman has asked the state Supreme Court to halt her upcoming Senate trial.