Private Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Judge. (3/30/10)
03/30/2010
The judge failed to follow the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when he denied the first recusal motion on its merits instead of referring the motion to the presiding judge, as required in Rule 18a of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, and denied the second recusal motion as being untimely filed even though the motion was filed more than ten days prior to the scheduled trial date in accordance with Rule 18a. The judge continued to take action in the case while the recusal motions were still pending. [Violation of Canons 2A, and 3B (2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Judge. (3/30/10)
