Flint Judge Steps Aside For Medical Reasons As Jury Continues Deliberations

(August 10, 2022, 1:11 PM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — U.S. Judge Judith E. Levy of the Eastern District of Michigan, who has presided over deliberations in the Flint, Mich., water crisis bellwether trial, is temporarily stepping aside and handing her duties to a magistrate judge due to an unspecified medical issue, pursuant to an order issued Aug. 9....