Private Admonition of a Justice of the Peace (10/21/03)
10/21/2003
The judge failed to accord an attorney and her client a hearing in a small claims suit for more than a year, despite repeated requests in writing and by telephone for him to provide a hearing in the case. Further, the judge conducted court proceedings in an undignified manner when he heard the case while barefooted and wearing a T-shirt and shorts. [Violation of Canons 3B(1), 3B(4), and 3B(8) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition of a Justice of the Peace (10/21/03)
