Judge Shelley Joseph who is charged with helping an illegal escape a federal agent at a courthouse in Newton will have her salary reinstated.
The Supreme Judicial Court ordered for Joseph to receive compensation and benefits including her $184,000-plus salary during her suspension for allegedly helping a Dominican national slip out the back door of her courtroom to bypass an ICE agent.
“Our order suspending Judge Joseph without pay should be vacated and that instead she should be suspended with pay and receive all salary and other benefits that would have been due to her if this order had been made on April 25, 2019,” said Tuesday’s court hearing.
A Final Status Conference is scheduled for Sept. 10.