Alaska federal judge, Joshua Kindred, resigned amid impeachment threats for engaging in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a law clerk and lying about it.

Alaska federal judge, Joshua Kindred, resigned after facing impeachment threats for judicial misconduct, including engaging in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a law clerk who later became an Assistant US Attorney. The Ninth Circuit Judicial Council publicly reprimanded and admonished him, citing a hostile work environment and lying about the relationship during the proceedings.