Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (12/02/08)

12/02/2008

Following a small claims hearing at which the defendant failed to appear, the judge signed and issued to the plaintiff improper orders in the case. In doing so, the judge failed to comply with the law, demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law, and failed to accord a litigant the right to be heard according to law. [Violation of Canons 2A, 3B(2), and 3B(8) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (12/02/08)