Groups want to see Montana judge’s racist emails

By Matthew Brown

Published July 2, 2014 11:00pm ET

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Groups want to see Montana judge’s racist emails — FILE - In this June 23, 2011, file photo, Chief Judge Richard F. Cebull makes a speech during a naturalization ceremony at the federal courthouse in Billings, Mont. A group of American Indians wants a court to preserve and eventually release an investigative file containing inappropriate emails sent by Cebull including a racist message involving President Barack Obama. A judicial review panel found he sent hundreds of emails from his federal account that showed disdain for blacks, Indians, Hispanics, women, certain religions and others. He was publicly reprimanded and retired. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, James Woodcock, File) | James Woodcock

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of American Indians wants a court to preserve and eventually release an investigative file containing inappropriate emails sent by a federal judge, including a racist message involving President Barack Obama.

Two Indian advocacy groups from Montana and South Dakota and a member of the Crow tribe filed a petition in U.S. District Court in California asking for the file to be preserved as evidence.

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