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Jeff Joy
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Jeff Joy is a judge on the York County Magisterial District. He was elected in 2011 to a term that would have expired in 2018.[1] As of August 7, 2015, Joy was relieved of his judicial duties due to criminal charges against him of bribery, harassment, and official oppression.[2] In April 2016, Joy was ordered to resign from the court after he pleaded no contest to two counts of official oppression.[3]
2011 election
- See also: Pennsylvania judicial elections, 2011
Joy cross-filed and won both parties' primaries on May 17. He received 58.9 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary and 62.8 percent of the vote in the Republican primary.[4] He was elected after running unopposed on November 8.[5]
Noteworthy events
Criminal and judicial misconduct charges (2015)
In August 2015, the attorney general's office charged Judge Jeff Joy with two federal counts of bribery as well as misdemeanor counts of harassment and official oppression. On two separate occasions, he allegedly sexually assaulted and harassed two women who had appeared in front of him in court. After her court appearance, one woman said the judge came to her home and offered to expunge her criminal record and outstanding fines if she modeled lingerie for him. In another complaint, Joy allegedly showed up at another woman's home, where he "groped the woman's backside and breast, as well as licked the woman's breast without her consent, according to the filed criminal complaint."[2]
On August 7, Joy was relieved of his judicial duties until further notice, as per an order by Stephen P. Linebaugh, the president judge of the York County Court of Common Pleas.[6] On August 13, the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board filed a petition with the Court of Judicial Discipline to suspend Joy "with or without pay."[7]
See the criminal complaint against Joy here.
On August 17, Joy was suspended without pay and ordered to stand trial.[8] All charges against him were sent to the York County Court of Common Pleas following a preliminary hearing.[9] The following April, Joy pleaded no contest to two counts of official oppression. According to court records, prosecutors dropped the bribery and harassment charges. He was ordered to resign from the court and never serve again as a judge. He was also given 100 hours of community service and two years of probation.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Pennsylvania Courts, "Magisterial District Judges," accessed August 17, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 PennLive, "York County judge faces more sexual harassment charges," August 12, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ABC 27, "York district judge pleads no contest, gets probation, must resign," April 27, 2016
- ↑ York County Bureau of Election, "Primary Election Results," May 17, 2011
- ↑ York County Bureau of Election, "General 2011 Municipal Election Results," November 8, 2011
- ↑ PennLive, "York County district judge relieved of service 'until further notice,' court says," August 7, 2015
- ↑ PennLive, "Court asked to suspend York judge charged with bribery, sex crimes," August 14, 2015
- ↑ York Dispatch, "Judge Jeff Joy, accused of groping woman, suspended without pay," August 17, 2015
- ↑ York Dispatch, "All charges against Jeff Joy sent to common pleas court," September 18, 2015
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania
State courts:
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania Superior Court • Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court • Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas • Pennsylvania Magisterial Districts
State resources:
Courts in Pennsylvania • Pennsylvania judicial elections • Judicial selection in Pennsylvania
