NJ judge who threatened to deport truant students should be removed, panel says

A municipal judge threatened three truant students from Bound Brook with deportation. That showed bias and broke court rules, a panel ruled.

By: Dana DiFilippo

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 824

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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A judicial ethics panel has recommended the removal of a New Jersey municipal court judge who threatened truant students with deportation.

In a split opinion, a majority of the state Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct agreed that Britt J. Simon should be booted from the bench for bullying three students from Bound Brook and their parents “to harass and intimidate them into compliance.”

The panel also objected to Simon blaming a …

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