Private Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Judge. (3/30/10)

03/30/2010
 
 

The judge failed to follow the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when he denied the first recusal motion on its merits instead of referring the motion to the presiding j...

Honorable Joe Henry Garza

03/30/2010
 La Joya Municipal Court, La Joya, Hidalgo County, Texas
 CJC Nos. 08-0085-MU, 08-0528-MU, and 08-0274-MU

Honorable W. Jeanne Meurer

03/30/2010
 Retired District Court Judge, Austin, Travis County, Texas
 CJC Nos. 09-0413-RT, 09-0488-RT, 09-0489-RT, and 09-0637-RT

Honorable Monica Guerrero

03/26/2010
 County Court at Law No. 7, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
 CJC No. 08-0797-CC

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (3/10/10)

03/10/2010
 
 

The judge acted improperly in a truancy case when she (a) engaged in various ex parte communications with individuals regarding the merits of the pending case; (b) directed family members to meet i...

Private Admonition of a District Judge. (3/3/10).

03/03/2010
 
 

The judge failed to accord a divorce petitioner the right to be heard when she dismissed his divorce petition for “want of prosecution” on two separate occasions without giving him the opportunity ...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (2/24/10).

02/24/2010
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to demonstrate professional competence in the law by (1) consolidating five separate Class C misdemeanor charges (bad checks) against a defendant ...

Private Reprimand of a District Judge. (2/3/10).

02/03/2010
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law by detaining certain juvenile non-offenders in a local juvenile detention center. [Violations of C...