US appeals court judge charged in parking lot scuffle faces ethics inquiry; Reuters, June 8, 2026

Nate Raymond , Reuters; US appeals court judge charged in parking lot scuffle faces ethics inquiry

"A judge on the largest U.S. federal appeals court is facing a judicial misconduct inquiry after news reports over the weekend revealed that he had been criminally ​charged over a parking lot dispute in Idaho in April.

Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Mary Murguia of the 9th ‌U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an order released on Monday said she had initiated a judicial misconduct complaint against U.S. Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson after he was hit with misdemeanor charges of battery and malicious injury to property on April 22."