FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (10-01-14)

10/01/2014
 
 

The judge routinely engaged in out-of-court communications with individuals regarding cases that were pending or impending in his court. The Commission concluded the judge’s conduct in this regard ...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (09/16/14)

09/16/2014
 
 

The judge failed to provide parties with notice and an opportunity to be heard. The judge issued a clarified judgment making substantive changes to the original judgment, after his plenary power ha...

Private Admonition of a County Criminal Court at Law Judge (09/12/14)

09/12/2014
 
 

The judge failed to maintain patience, courtesy and dignity about another attorney who had cases pending before the judge and made comments in a manner that demonstrated the judge harbored a person...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a District Court Judge. (08/27/14).

08/27/2014
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when he failed to timely forward the recusal motion to the Judge of the Administrative Judicial Reg...

Private Warning of County Judge (08/26/14)

08/26/2014
 
 

The judge failed to follow the law and demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law when he (1) denied a litigant’s motion to dismiss defendant’s appeal after the defendant failed to t...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Former Municipal Court Judge. (08/15/14).

08/15/2014
 
 

The judge failed to maintain patience, courtesy and dignity toward a defendant when she raised her voice and made demeaning comments to the defendant. During magistration of the defendant, the judg...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Former Municipal Court Judge. (08/15/14).

08/15/2014
 
 

The judge failed to follow the law and failed to accord a defendant his right to be heard when she entered a default judgment in a criminal case due to the defendant’s failure to appear for trial. ...

Private Reprimand of a Former Justice of the Peace. (08/15/14).

08/15/2014
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when he issued a non-monetary judgment in a small claims case and ordered the defendant to remove a...