Private Admonition of a Probate Judge (08/29/08).

08/29/2008
 
 

In one case, the judge permitted a litigant’s attorney to engage in improper ex parte communications with the court and court staff and, in a separate case, failed to comply with the law when he gr...

Private Warning of a County Court at Law Judge (08/15/08).

08/15/2008
 
 

The judge failed to comply with well-established procedures requiring full disclosure of a relationship that might warrant his recusal, which effectively prevented the litigants from making an info...

Private Warning of a Former Justice of the Peace (08/05/08).

08/05/2008
 
 

The judge failed to accept a litigant’s small claims filings, failed to investigate and resolve concerns as to potential procedural defects regarding the litigant’s claims, and failed to communicat...

Private Warning of a District Judge (08/05/08).

08/05/2008
 
 

The judge erroneously applied federal law, instead of state law, when he failed to immediately order a defendant convicted of murder be taken into custody following sentencing. [Violation of Canons...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (07/22/08)

07/22/2008
 
 

After the judge granted the plaintiff’s request for transfer of venue, he failed to follow through with the transfer of the case to the other court, located just across the hall. The judge further ...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (07/22/08).

07/22/2008
 
 

Although the judge agreed to accept the transfer of the plaintiff’s small claims case, he unreasonably delayed the resolution of the case, denied the litigant his right to be heard, and denied the ...

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (07/21/08).

07/21/2008
 
 

The judge issued an arrest warrant for an individual based on information provided to her by a private citizen rather than by law enforcement. The judge then magistrated the individual the day aft...

Private Warning of a Justice of the Peace (05/29/08).

05/29/2008
 
 

After her vehicle was repossessed, a neighbor asked the judge to become personally involved in her dispute with the seller. On the neighbor’s behalf, the judge wrote a letter, on judicial letterhea...