ROGERS ALLOWED TO RETIRE STATE GRANTS JUDGE'S MEDICAL DISABILITY CLAIM.Byline: Charles. F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - After 14 months out of her courtroom following neck surgery, the state Commission on Judicial Performance granted Lancaster Superior Court Judge Pamela Rogers permanent disability retirement benefits. Rogers, a former Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County prosecutor and law professor, has been on medical leave since October 2001 following surgery. She was originally expected to be back to work in January, but her leave was extended twice. Her recovery was taking longer than expected because of complications from the surgery, court officials said. While Rogers was on medical leave, she continued to receive her full annual salary of $139,476. She will now receive 65 percent of her salary, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Allan Parachini, Los Angeles County Superior Court spokesman. Rogers' application for disability retirement was granted on Dec. 11. Judge Rafael A. Ongkeko was assigned as Rogers' permanent replacement in Lancaster Superior Court a few weeks ago, Parachini said. According to the spokesman, there is no fixed term of Rogers' disability retirement. ``It tends to be open-ended,'' Parachini said. If Rogers chooses to resume her duties as a judge, she can apply for restoration of capacity, said Cynthia Dorfman, staff counsel for the Commission on Judicial Performance. If Rogers' application was approved, she would be able to resume some of her duties, Dorfman said. Rogers' career as a judge was marked by charges that she misused prescription drugs prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, and mismanaged court time. In October 1998, the commission admonished Rogers for taking too long to decide seven cases. It also suspended two charges regarding her use of prescription drugs, saying it would dismiss them if she complied with conditions set forth during a 20-month monitoring period. Commission documents indicated Rogers had been dependent on prescription drugs, including narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. , from before her first term in office in January 1995 through at least April 1997. The commission ruling said that all drugs taken by the judge were medications prescribed pre·scribe v. pre·scribed, pre·scrib·ing, pre·scribes v.tr. 1. To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See Synonyms at dictate. 2. To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment). for her by doctors for serious medical conditions See carpal tunnel syndrome, computer vision syndrome, dry eyes and deep vein thrombosis. , mainly migraine headaches Migraine Headache Definition Migraine is a type of headache marked by severe head pain lasting several hours or more. Description Migraine is an intense and often debilitating type of headache. . In March 2000, Rogers beat two opponents and was re-elected to a second six-year term. In September 2000, the commission announced that it had dismissed the two charges relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Rogers' prescription drug use after she successfully completed the monitoring period. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) ROGERS |
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