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Judicial Misconduct
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The Halls Of Montezuma
The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct has removed a non-attorney judge from officeRespondent, William H. Futrell, a Justice of the Montezuma Town Court, Cayuga County, was served with a…
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Stacked Deck In Florida?
Judge Nancy Jacobs has filed a motion to recuse a lay member of the hearing panel in her pending judicial misconduct case, noting that the member is the spouse of…
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Triangulation
The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct describes a recent resignationJohn P. Orzel, a Justice of the Triangle Town Court, Broome County – who among other things was formally charged…
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Indicted Judge Suspended
The Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct has interim suspended a Shelby County criminal court judge indicted on one felony count of witness inteimidation and one misdemeanor count of harassment.Commercial Appeal…
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A Father’s Concern Is A Judge’s Misconduct
The New Mexico Supreme Court has imposed a public censure of a district court judge for conduct on behalf of his crime victim daughterThis disciplinary proceeding arose out of a…
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Related To The Merits
A judicial misconduct complaint brought by an unnamed complainant against an unnamed district court judge has been dismissed by the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for…
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Tinder Loving Care
A disciplinary summary from the web page of the Colorado Presiding Disciplinary JudgeIn the summer of 2021, Scipione was a district court judge in Arapahoe County. His staff included a…
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“This Is Inane”
An appeal of a Master's findings favorable to a judge charged with misconduct as a prosecutor is scheduled before the Michigan Judicial Tenure CommissionDisciplinary Counsel and respondent have filed briefs…
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All Hat
KSAT 12 reported on a recent reprimand of a Texas judge by the State Commission of Judicial ConductThe Goliad County judge has been reprimanded by the State Commission on Judicial…
Ethicking
I'm Getting Judgy and Judging Judges Today
It has been a busy month offline at the Ethickingdom (and I promise this is the first and last time I will ever use that term, eech). You know that…