FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a District Court Judge (6/6/18)

06/06/2018
 
 

The judge lent the prestige of his judicial office to advance the private interests of his court administrator and her family, failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence in ...

Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (6/6/18)

06/06/2018
 
 

The judge’s conduct cast public discredit upon the judiciary when he consumed alcoholic beverages at a public event and placed himself in a position where it appeared to law enforcement officers th...

Private Admonition of a District Court Judge (4/18/18)

04/18/2018
 
 

The judge exhibited bias and prejudice in the performance of judicial duties on the basis of religion and/or sexual orientation when he addressed a jury panel regarding the United States Supreme Co...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (4/18/18)

04/18/2018
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain professional competence in the law, and improperly failed to recuse himself in two criminal traffic cases he personally witnessed when he...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (2/8/18)

02/08/2018
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain professional competence in the law, and failed to exhibit the patience, dignity, and courtesy expected of a judicial officer while engage...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a County Judge (2/8/18)

02/08/2018
 
 

The judge lent the prestige of her judicial office to advance the private interest of another when she promoted the business arrangement between a company and her county’s Sheriff’s Department in l...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Municipal court Judge (1/30/18)

01/30/2018
 
 

The judge failed to exhibit the patience, dignity, and courtesy expected of a judicial officer while engaged in her official duties and denied the rights of unrepresented traffic citation defendant...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (1/18/18)

01/18/2018
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and to maintain professional competence in the law by collecting a “warrant fee” before agreeing to meet with a defendant to resolve a case, and by sending d...