FY 2000-Present Summaries of Private Sanctions

Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a District Court Judge (8/16/21)

08/16/2021
 
 

The judge allowed her relationship with acquaintances to influence her judicial conduct and judgment, lent the prestige of her judicial office to advance the private interests of those acquaintance...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (8/12/21)

08/12/2021
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence in the law, failed to be patient, dignified and courteous towards the constable and/or constable’s office in his precinc...

Private Reprimand of a County Judge (8/12/21)

08/12/2021
 
 

The judge engaged in willful conduct that cast public discredit on the judiciary when he operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of prescribed medications that impaired his ability to do...

Private Admonition of a Former Municipal Court Judge (8/12/21)

08/12/2021
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law when she operated a motor vehicle while intoxicated, a criminal offense for which she successfully a completed a pre-trial diversion program. [Violation of C...

Private Admonition of a Justice of the Peace (8/12/21)

08/12/2021
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law by owning and operating a personal vehicle equipped with red and blue flashing lights, which he regularly activated while using his personal vehicle in the p...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (8/12/21)

08/12/2021
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and to maintain professional competence in the law when she improperly denied the release of court records to a citizen upon request for such records. [Viol...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (7/1/21)

07/01/2021
 
 

The judge implemented a policy that violated the public’s constitutional right of access to the courts by requiring parties, attorneys and members of the public to sign in and be called up individu...

Private Reprimand of a Former District Court Judge (6/18/21)

06/18/2021
 
 

The judge failed to be patient, dignified and courteous to a litigant and his counsel, demonstrated an improper prejudice against that litigant, and failed to accord him the right to be heard accor...