BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A federal judge in Louisiana has retired several months after taking medical leave for treatment of severe alcoholism, a court official said Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi’s disability retirement took effect on Monday, according to Tony Moore, clerk of court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Court records unsealed in April revealed Minaldi was required to get treatment for alcoholism so severe that a colleague asked a court to rule she cannot take care of herself.
An Associated Press investigation showed Minaldi’s pattern of unusual behavior on the bench preceding her mysterious removal from a string of cases last year.
Minaldi had been on medical leave since late December.