A Texas jurist is out of a job and can never work in such a capacity again — at least not in the Lone Star State — after she allegedly had an attorney handcuffed in her courtroom during a dispute.
In January, Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez, 61, was indicted on one count each of unlawful restraint by a judicial officer and misdemeanor official oppression over the December 2024 courtroom incident.
Up until this week, Speedlin-Gonzalez served as a judge in Bexar County Court 13 — though she overwhelmingly lost her reelection bid in the Democratic primary last month and was on the way out regardless. Still, the contours of her departure have ensured she will be “forever disqualified” from working as a judge in Texas…