The Minnesota Supreme Court has suspended Anoka County Judge John Dehen for nine months without pay after he “abused his position of authority” in a salary dispute involving his court reporter’s salary and for holding a remote juvenile court calendar while riding as a passenger in a moving car headed to a family member’s swim meet.

The Board on Judicial Standards filed a formal complaint against Dehen with the Supreme Court last year. A three-person panel found that Dehen committed three acts of misconduct and recommended that he be censured and suspended from judicial office without pay for six months.

Dehen appealed the findings, and the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in April.

Dehen was first licensed to practice law in Minnesota in 1988. He’s been an elected judge in the Tenth J

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