FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

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...

Private Order of Additional Education (04/27/04)

04/27/2004
 
 

The judge, influenced by his relationship to a defendant, unilaterally ordered the defendant released on a personal bond after another judge had magistrated the defendant and set a surety bond for ...

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

04/08/2004
 
 

The judge lost his temper and used intemperate language while attending a public meeting in his official capacity. [Violation of Canon 3B(4) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and Article 5, Se...