Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (07/16/13).

07/16/2013

The judge failed to make a reasonable inquiry to determine if he had a disqualifying relationship in a matter where his niece, a relative within the third degree of consanguinity, was a manager of a business that was a litigant in the judge's court. [Violation of Canons 2A, 3B(1) and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. (07/16/13).