Dallas Judge Faces Probe Over Racial Remarks
A misconduct complaint against U.S. District Judge Ada Brown has prompted an investigation after a hearing transcript showed her directing racially charged remarks at attorney Ezra Young, a Latino lawyer representing a Black professor in a tenure dispute. Brown defended her comments in a formal response, and she was temporarily removed from her docket during the probe.
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About Ada E. Brown
Ada Elene Brown is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She was appointed in 2019 by President Donald Trump. She is a former trial judge of the Dallas County courts and a former Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas. She was the first Native American and African-American woman federal judge nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Senate. Since October 2026, Brown has been temporarily suspended from deciding cases based on a formal finding that she likely suffers a "mental condition that interferes with her ability to perform the responsibilities of her office."
Everything about Ada E. Brown →- Occupation
- lawyer, judge
- Citizenship
- United States, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Born
- November 8, 1974