FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (12/09/05).

12/09/2005
 
 

Based on ex parte information obtained from his court clerk, the judge reinstated a criminal case after signing an order of dismissal. The judge later dismissed the case a second time. In each in...

Private Warning of a District Judge (10/21/05).

10/21/2005
 
 

The judge failed to follow proper recusal rules and procedures in several cases where the judge’s relatives were parties in interest. [Violation of Canon 3B(1) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduc...

Private Admonition of a District Judge (09/15/05)

09/15/2005
 
 

The judge was quoted in a local newspaper regarding his efforts to raise money through a high school booster club. [Violation of Canon 4C(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonit...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a County Judge (08/31/05).

08/31/2005
 
 

The judge failed to maintain professional competence in the law by failing to issue a Magistrate’s Order for Emergency Protection when required by law and by setting differential bail amounts in co...

Private Admonition of a District Judge (08/30/05).

08/30/2005
 
 

The judge received free use of a limousine on two occasions from parties or persons whose interests frequently came before him. [Violation of Canon 4D(4)(c) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.]...

Private Warning of a Justice of the Peace (08/11/05).

08/11/2005
 
 

The judge engaged in improper ex parte communications concerning the merits of a case that was likely to come before his court, failed to afford the defendant the basic rights and safeguards guaran...

Private Reprimand of a Justice of the Peace (06/08/05).

06/08/2005
 
 

The judge used “vulgar and profane language” in front of students, their parents, school personnel and court officials while presiding over truancy matters. The Commission concluded that the judge...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (06/08/05).

06/08/2005
 
 

The judge failed to render judgment in open court at the conclusion of a trial in a small claims suit, as required under Rule 557 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. [Violation of Canon 3B(2) o...