FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (11/7/22)

11/07/2022
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence in the law in the judge’s handling of a criminal case and misinterpreting and misapplying Article 45.0215 of the Texas C...

Private Reprimand of a Former District Court Judge (11/7/22)

11/07/2022
 
 

The judge failed to be patient, dignified and courteous, exhibited bias and prejudice towards a prosecutor when the judge ordered the prosecutor out of her courtroom because of an alleged “conflict...

Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a District Judge (10/24/22)

10/24/2022
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law or maintain competence in it, allowed a relationship with the prosecution to influence the judge’s judicial conduct or judge, conveyed the impression that th...

Private Admonition of a Justice of the Peace (10/15/22)

10/15/2022
 
 

The judge failed to be patient, dignified and courteous with whom the judge deals in an official capacity by the judge’s poor management and treatment of the judge’s court employees. [Violation of ...

Private Warning & Order of Additional Education of a County Court at Law Judge (10/13/22)

10/13/2022
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence in the law when the judge displayed the defendant’s sensitive personal information during a Zoom hearing that was livest...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a County Court at Law Judge

08/29/2022
 
 

The judge failed to comply, maintain competence in the law and failed to accord the parties in a probate case the right to be heard when the judge granted a motion to close and distribute funds wit...

Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a District Judge

08/22/2022
 
 

The judge made callous and discriminatory comments on social media which cast reasonable doubt on the judge’s capacity to act impartially as a judge. [Violation of Canon 4A(1) of the Texas Code of ...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a District Judge

08/10/2022
 
 

The judge exhibited bias and failed to treat a defendant with patience, dignity and courtesy required of a judge with those with which the judge deals in an official capacity. [Violation of Canons ...