The Docket — Issue 10
The Recusal Nobody Filed
Week of June 9, 2025 • Difficulty: Challenging
The Scenario
Four judges. Four counties where the complaint process moved quietly through official channels. Each judge faced a complaint that aligned with a documented JTC category — and each received a different disposition. The evidence is in the clues. Can you reconstruct the matrix before the next filing deadline? All judges and cases in this puzzle are fictional.
Clues
- Judge Amara is not from Clinton County or Montcalm County.
- The judge from Mecosta County received a dismissed with cautionary letter outcome.
- Judge Kowalski was investigated for conflicts of interest.
- The judge investigated for courtroom demeanor violations was recommended for suspension.
- Judge Okafor presided in Clinton County.
- Judge Amara received a removal recommendation.
- The judge from Van Buren County was investigated for failure to timely decide motions.
- Judge Reyes is not from Mecosta County.
- Judge Amara was investigated for courtroom demeanor violations.
- Judge Kowalski is from Montcalm County.
Your Grid
| Judge | County | Complaint | Outcome |
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From the editor
The patterns in these puzzles are fictional. The ones in Michigan’s courts aren’t. Rita maps those for a living.
