| Action |
Date Issued |
Summary |
| Private Reprimand of a Municipal Court Judge (10/11/19) |
10/11/2019 |
The judge failed to treat a sheriff's deputy in a patient, dignified, and courteous manner, and used the prestige of judicial office in an effort to avoid receiving a parking citation. [Violations of Canons 2B and 3B(4) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Reprimand of a Municipal Court Judge. 10/11/19. |
| Private Reprimand of a Retired Justice of the Peace (10/11/19) |
10/11/2019 |
The judge's comments to a same-sex couple whose wedding she had just officiated, indicating that she did not approve of their marriage, were inappropriate and fell below the threshold of conduct that is expected of a judicial officer. [Violation of Canon 3B(4) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Reprimand of a Retired Justice of the Peace. 10/11/19. |
| Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of his duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of his duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of his duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of his duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge (10/31/19) |
10/31/2019 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, failed to maintain competence in the law, and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of his duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice, by instructing criminal law hearing officers not to issue personal release bonds in cases in which those officers had the jurisdiction to do so. [Violation of Canons 2A and 3B(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Former District Court Judge. 10/31/19. |
| Private Reprimand of a District Court Judge (12/5/19) |
12/05/2019 |
The judge failed to be patient, dignified and courteous towards his judicial colleagues with whom he deals in an official capacity when he publicly made numerous inappropriate comments and accusations of illegal conduct towards them. [Violation of Canon 3B(4) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Reprimand of a District Court Judge. 12/5/19. |
| Private Warning of a Justice of the Peace (2/5/20) |
02/05/2020 |
The judge failed to comply with the law, and cast public discredit upon the judiciary, when he appeared in public while intoxicated to a degree to which he might endanger himself or the public. [Violation of Canon 2A of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.] Private Warning of a Justice of the Peace. 2/5/20. |
| Private Admonition of a Municipal Court Judge (2/5/20) |
02/05/2020 |
The judge lent the prestige of his judicial office to advance the private interests of another when he sent a letter to another judge in a manner that was perceived by the recipient as an improper attempt to obtain favorable or special treatment for a defendant. [Violation of Canon 2B of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition of a Municipal Court Judge. 2/5/20. |
| Private Reprimand and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (8/12/20) |
08/12/2020 |
The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to disqualify himself as required when he performed the magistration of a family member. [Violations of Canons 2A and 3B(1) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Reprimand & Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace. 8/12/20. |
| Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a District Court Judge (8/12/20) |
08/12/2020 |
The judge failed to comply with the law and maintain competence in the law when she made an oral ruling finding a litigant in contempt rather than entering a specific, written order of contempt. Further, the judge failed to comply with the law and maintain competence in the law, and failed to accord a litigant the right to be heard according to the law, when she issued contempt orders against the litigant for matters about which the litigant did not have the required notice. [Violations of Canons 2A, 3B(2) and 3B(8) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition & Order of Additional Education of a District Court Judge. 8/12/20. |
