According to the release, authored by Clerk Marvel Hansbraugh:
-- Joe Miller worked as a magistrate judge from June 13, 2002 to June 1, 2004
-- Kathleen Miller provided clerical assistance to him from June to December 2002.
-- It is common for judges to use personnel from their private law practices to assist with the administrative needs of the court.
-- Miller was initially told it was OK to for him to hire his wife in such a capacity.
-- Sometime later, the chief judge at the time advised Miller the employment relationship might in fact be prohibited, at which time Miller terminated his wife's employment
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And this interesting nugget from Hansbraugh's letter:
She was an employee of Mr. Miller and not of the District Court. Mr. Miller was subsequently advised by the Chief Judge of this District that 5 U.S.C. § 3110 might prohibit a part-time Magistrate Judge from hiring his wife as an assistant.
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On a side note: Since Miller's wife worked for 6 months and received unemployment, why wasn't Miller reprimanded for hiriing his wife that worked for 6 months?
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