A former secretary's lawsuit against former Mingo County Circuit
Court Judge Michael Thornsbury is scheduled to go to trial in December.
Judge Tod Kaufman set a Dec. 15 trial date during a hearing
Wednesday in Kanawha County Circuit Court.
Kim Woodruff's lawsuit alleges that Thornsbury sexually harassed
her and wrongly fired her.
Thornsbury pleaded guilty last October to federal charges of
conspiring to deprive a convicted drug dealer of his constitutional rights. He
resigned from the bench and is scheduled to be sentenced April 21.
Kaufman said a deposition from Thornsbury in the civil case can
wait until after he is sentenced. Thornsbury's lawyers had requested the delay.
