A former U.S. district judge in Alaska, Joshua Kindred, resigned after allegedly creating a hostile environment for his law clerks and having an inappropriate sexual relationship with one of them, according to a misconduct order filed with the Judicial Council for the Ninth Circuit.
The council said it asked Judge Kindred to voluntarily resign from his position over the misconduct allegations. The district judge tendered his resignation on July 3, and it became effective on July 8.
