FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

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...

Private Admonition of a County Criminal Court at Law Judge (1/8/18)

01/10/2018
 
 

The judge failed to exhibit the patience, dignity, and courtesy expected of a judicial officer while engaged in his official duties when, during a criminal trial, he: (1) repeatedly interrupted a d...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (1/4/18)

01/04/2018
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain professional competence in the law, and denied a pro se litigant her right to be heard when he refused to accept her filing of an evictio...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of an Associate Judge (12/19/17)

12/19/2017
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain professional competence in the law, and denied an incarcerated pro se litigant his right to be heard in a Suit Affecting the Parent-Child...