Honorable Tony Torres

03/09/2009
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 2, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas
 CJC No. 07-1056-JP

Honorable Gustavo Garza

03/09/2009
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6, Place 1, Los Fresnos, Cameron County, Texas
 CJC Nos. 08-0792-JP, 08-0820-JP, 08-0821-JP, and 08-0822-JP

Honorable William V. James

02/12/2009
 Municipal Court Judge, Brazoria, Brazoria County, Texas
 CJC No. 08-0760-MU

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (01/22/09)

01/22/2009
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the Code of Criminal Procedure when handling an attorney’s timely written requests to appeal his clients’ traffic cases. Instead, the judge had the clients served w...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (01/21/09)

01/21/2009
 
 

Following an argument with an individual in the judge’s office, the judge caused the individual to be detained in county jail on a contempt of court charge, which was later changed to a disorderly ...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (12/18/08)

12/18/2008
 
 

The judge entertained a tenant’s ex parte complaint about the landlord’s termination of water service to the property; called the landlord by telephone and ordered him to restore water service to t...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (12/18/08)

12/18/2008
 
 

The judge mishandled a traffic case by assessing a dismissal fee and assessing a fine when no trial had been conducted. The judge also presided over cases involving speeding citations issued by a D...

Private Warning of a Municipal Court Judge. (12/18/08)

12/18/2008
 
 

After her mother-in-law received a traffic citation, the judge wrote a letter to and telephoned another court in an attempt to resolve the case and obtain favorable treatment for her relative. [Vio...