Private Order of Education of Justice of the Peace (11/15/99)
11/15/1999
Although no case was pending in the judge's court, the judge telephoned and personally met with a landlord to encourage the landlord to resolve the dispute with the tenant, and issued to the landlord a letter on official stationery. The judge presided over an action filed later by the tenant against the landlord, after engaging in numerous ex parte communications with each party. Instead of scheduling the hearing in accordance with the time frames set forth in the Texas Property Code, the judge conducted the hearing on the same day the landlord was served with the citation. [Violation of Canons 2A, 2B and 6C(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Order of Education of Justice of the Peace (11/15/99)
