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Attorney Files to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Judge

Posted by: Brittany Sims on Sep 15, 2014

Pat Cooley, the attorney for Circuit Court Judge Mike Pemberton, has filed a motion to dismiss Tom McFarland's complaint that seeks to declare void the recent race for circuit court judge of the 9th Judicial District in which Pemberton defeated McFarland. Less than a week after the Roane County results were certified, McFarland filed a complaint in Roane County Chancery Court claiming the results of the election should be void because Pemberton didn’t meet the one-year residency requirement to run for judge. “There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever of fraud or illegality that so permeated the election that it cannot be said to fairly reflect the will of the voters,” Cooley said in the motion. The 9th Judicial District is made up of Roane, Loudon, Meigs and Morgan counties. Roane County News has more.