Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a District Court Judge. (08/27/14).

08/27/2014
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when he failed to timely forward the recusal motion to the Judge of the Administrative Judicial Reg...

Private Warning of County Judge (08/26/14)

08/26/2014
 
 

The judge failed to follow the law and demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law when he (1) denied a litigant’s motion to dismiss defendant’s appeal after the defendant failed to t...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Former Municipal Court Judge. (08/15/14).

08/15/2014
 
 

The judge failed to maintain patience, courtesy and dignity toward a defendant when she raised her voice and made demeaning comments to the defendant. During magistration of the defendant, the judg...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Former Municipal Court Judge. (08/15/14).

08/15/2014
 
 

The judge failed to follow the law and failed to accord a defendant his right to be heard when she entered a default judgment in a criminal case due to the defendant’s failure to appear for trial. ...

Private Reprimand of a Former Justice of the Peace. (08/15/14).

08/15/2014
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when he issued a non-monetary judgment in a small claims case and ordered the defendant to remove a...

Private Warning of a County Court at Law Judge. (08/07/14).

08/07/2014
 
 

The judge exceeded his authority and failed to follow the law when he summoned a public defender to his chambers under threat of arrest for posting a comment on his Facebook page boasting about the...

Private Admonition of a Judicial District Court Judge. (08/07/14).

08/07/2014
 
 

The judge failed to maintain order and decorum in the proceedings before him and failed to be patient, dignified and courteous by directing profanity toward defendants in front of others, while pre...

Private Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (08/06/14).

08/06/2014
 
 

The part-time judge failed to timely attend to and execute the business of his court. The canons provide that “the judicial duties of a judge take precedence over tall the judge’s other activies” a...