FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

Private Warning of a Former Justice of the Peace. (10/05/09)

10/05/2009
 
 

The judge failed to follow the law when she denied a defendant his constitutional right to a jury trial, which he had properly requested. [Violation of Canon 2A of the Texas Code of Judicial Condu...

Private Admonition of a Justice of the Peace. (12/09/09)

09/09/2009
 
 

The judge issued a judgment “conditionally” in a small claim case, and subsequently changed the judgment without notice and without affording the parties an opportunity to be heard according to law...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (06/03/09).

06/03/2009
 
 

The judge failed to obtain the mandatory judicial education hours during fiscal year 2008. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Order of Additional Edu...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (06/03/09).

06/03/2009
 
 

The judge failed to obtain the mandatory judicial education hours during fiscal year 2008. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Order of Additional Edu...

Private Admonition of a Municipal Court Judge. (05/26/09).

05/26/2009
 
 

The judge failed to obtain the mandatory judicial education hours during fiscal year 2008. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition of a Municip...

Private Admonition of a Municipal Court Judge. (04/28/09)

04/28/2009
 
 

The judge relinquished his judicial duties to officers in the police department and allowed them to accept pleas and collect fines and court costs from criminal defendants arrested on Class C misde...

Private Warning of a Justice of the Peace. (04/16/09)

04/16/2009
 
 

The judge issued a Writ of Execution pursuant to Rule 632 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, which would have improperly allowed for the execution on personal property in satisfaction of a defa...

Private Admonition of a District Judge. (04/16/09)

04/16/2009
 
 

The judge initiated a communication concerning a contested motion for summary judgment with an attorney who was his former law partner outside the presence of the other parties or their attorneys. ...