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A Missouri judge ruled that administrative law judges do not have special job or pay protections beyond other state employees.

The ruling upholds the firing of former administrative law judge Gina Mitten, who argued her removal was unlawful.

Another judge, Ryan Asbridge, will only receive three weeks of pay per year while on active military duty, not his full salary.

An administrative law judge fired last year won’t be reinstated and another who took a pay cut while on active military duty won’t win back his lost salary, a Cole County judge decided .

In a ruling issued Oct. 23, Circuit Judge Cotton Walker said administrative law judges, who work in the Division of Workers’ Compensation and hear disputes over claims, are not entitled to any more job or pay pr

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