Alaska Supreme Court

In the Disability Matter Involving, Judge Angela M. Greene, Judge of the Superior Court Second Judicial District At…

January 11, 2019435 P.3d 915

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court ordered the mandatory retirement of Superior Court Judge Angela M. Greene, finding clear and convincing evidence that she suffers from a permanent disability that seriously interferes with her judicial duties. The Court applied a de novo standard of review, the same burden used in judicial misconduct proceedings, and relied on statutory and constitutional authority to retire a judge for incapacity.