FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (06/15/07)

 
 

The judge attempted to mediate a dispute between two parties prior to criminal charges being filed in the case, issued a “cash only” bond that prevented one of the parties from being released from ...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (01/03/12).

 
 

The judge failed to maintain professional competence in the law when he: (1) dismissed a criminal complaint without a motion from the prosecutor based on a belief that the “complaint was weak;” and...

Private Warning of a Municipal Court Judge (08/26/16)

 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law when she participated in proceedings relating to her own recusal by having an attorney attempt to depose the State’s attorneys and actively challenge the Sta...

Private Warning of a Former Municipal Court Judge ( 08/26/16)

 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law when she participated in proceedings relating to her own recusal by having an attorney attempt to depose the State’s attorneys and actively challenge the Sta...

Private Admonition and OAE of District Court Judge (08/05/16)

 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law when she summoned two witnesses to court using writs of attachment and punished the witnesses w...

Priv Reprimand and OAE of JP (07/28/16)

 
 

The judge failed to maintain professional competence in the law, allowed the relationship of a family member to influence the judge’s judgment and conduct, acted with bias toward the family member,...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Court Judge (07/18)

 
 

The judge erred by failing to secure a written jury trial waiver from litigant or by failing to create a contemporaneous record indicating that the litigant knowingly and voluntarily waived such a ...

Private Order of Additional Educatin of Justice of the Peace

 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when she failed to accept a letter as a plea of not guilty and instead instructed the defendant tha...