Constitutional Court rejects Judge Urrutia’s appeal, leaving Supreme Court to review his removal

Daniel Urrutia’s attempt to halt the removal proceedings against him has failed at Chile’s Constitutional Court, leaving the Supreme Court to examine his possible departure from the judiciary.

The Constitutional Court declined to admit the judge’s appeal for processing. Urrutia serves at Santiago’s Seventh Criminal Court and had sought to suspend the proceedings before the country’s highest court.

With the appeal rejected, the Supreme Court can move ahead with its review of the removal process. The account identifies that process as ongoing and does not establish a final outcome for Urrutia.