Black Cook County Judge Valarie Turner who illegally let her clerk wear her judge's robe and hear cases saves her pension by going on disability with MEMORY LOSS

The Cook County judge who let a law clerk wear her robe and hear traffic cases this summer was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and can no longer perform her duties, the state board that oversees judges said in documents Friday.

The Judicial Inquiry Board charged that Judge Valarie Turner has memory loss and is "mentally unable" to do her job. The board made no accusation, however, that Turner had engaged in misconduct when she allowed law clerk Rhonda Crawford to put on her judicial robe and hear three traffic cases during the afternoon court call at the county courthouse in south suburban Markham.

At the time, Crawford had won the Democratic primary for the 1st Judicial Subcircuit and was unopposed in the general election.

In a filing with the Illinois Courts Commission, the board said the commission should simply take "appropriate" action against Turner.

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