Disciplinary Actions

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (10/29/02)

In adjudicating a truancy matter, the judge improperly applied certain provisions of both the Texas Education Code and the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, while failing to comply with other appli...

Honorable Elihu Dodier

Honorable Diana Rodriguez

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a District Court Judge (10/11/02)

The judge wrote a letter on official court stationery to the superintendent and board members of the Corpus Christi Independent School District, in which he criticized them for taking a certain act...

Hon. James H. Keeshan

Public Admonition

Private Admonition of a Justice of the Peace (07/12/02)

The judge, in an attempt to help a family with whom she was acquainted, became involved in a pending criminal case involving one of the family members. The judge discussed the merits of the case w...

Hon. Don Emerson

Public Warning

Private Admonition of a Municipal Court Judge (06/25/02)

The judge found a courtroom spectator in direct contempt for the unauthorized practice of law, and ordered him to spend 72 hours in jail and pay a fine of $100. Instead of holding a hearing to det...