The judge favored his court investigator and his personal accountant with court appointments to a guardianship matter pending in his court. The judge continued to preside over the probate matter du...
After learning that his nephew had been arrested, the judge went to the jail, rescinded the bond set by the magistrate, and ordered the release of his nephew from jail on a personal recognizance bo...
As a result of a personal relationship with an attorney involved in a case pending before his court, the judge used his position to advance the attorney’s private interests, allowed the attorney to...
After the defendant failed to answer a small claims action filed against him, the plaintiff requested a default judgment and asked for a hearing to determine his claim for unliquidated damages. Pr...
The judge abdicated official judicial duties by relinquishing control of the court’s criminal docket to the county attorney, whose office was unable to handle the volume of work due to staff shorta...
The judge failed to conduct a hearing before issuing peace bonds, as required by Art. 7.01, et seq., of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. [Violation of Canons 2A, 3B(2) and 3B(8) of the Texas ...
After the defendant failed to answer a small claims suit, the judge scheduled a default judgment hearing to determine the amount of damages to award the plaintiff. However, nearly one month prior ...
