Federal judges voted not to reappoint a New Mexico jurist after an internal investigation showed she subjected employees to insults, outbursts and threats of termination, according to a court order.
A court committee that reviewed the allegations said the judge, Carmen E. Garza, created what seemed to be “an abusive and hostile work environment” in her chambers for more than a decade,employees, and making “derogatory and egregious statements” about colleagues. There was also some evidence, the order states, that Garza “engaged in retaliatory conduct” after the vote against her reappointment.order, led the committee to believe that the judge had “engaged in sanctionable misconduct.
Garza, 62, denied that she created a hostile work environment, according to the 16-page order, but indicated she was willing to take “appropriate corrective action.” After she was informed of the committee’s preliminary views, the order says Garza decided not to participate in an interview or seek to challenge the allegations.
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