FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

Private Admonition of a District Judge (08/31/04)

08/31/2004
 
 

The judge sent an e-mail to various individuals, including other judges and attorneys, soliciting donations for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The judge’s name and title appear in the heading of ...

Private Reprimand of a Justice of the Peace (07/14/04)

07/14/2004
 
 

The judge used the prestige of his judicial office to instigate a groundless, or bad-faith, criminal investigation of the constable by alleging that the constable committed perjury by making an aff...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (07/09/04)

07/09/2004
 
 

A landlord filed an eviction suit in the judge’s court against a tenant, although the rental property that was the subject of the suit was not located in the judge’s precinct. The judge conducted ...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (06/25/04)

06/25/2004
 
 

The judge failed to obtain the mandatory judicial education requirements for fiscal year 2003. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct]. Private Order of Additiona...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (06/25/04)

06/25/2004
 
 

The judge failed to obtain the mandatory judicial education requirements for fiscal year 2003. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct]. Private Order of Additiona...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (06/25/04)

06/25/2004
 
 

A landlord filed an eviction suit in the judge’s court against a tenant, although the rental property that was the subject of the suit was not located in the judge’s precinct. The judge conducted ...

Private Reprimand of a District Judge (04/27/04)

04/27/2004
 
 

For the purpose of lending the prestige of his office, the judge sent a letter on judicial letterhead to attorneys who were involved with a matter to which the judge had a personal interest threate...

Private Admonition of a District Judge (04/27/04).

04/27/2004
 
 

The judge allowed an attorney with whom he had a close relationship to continue to appear before him, even after another judge had found grounds to order that he be recused from a case because of t...