Honorable Eric Clifford

09/05/2015
 6th Judicial District Court, Lamar and Red River Counties
 CJC Nos. 14-0557-DI, 14-0609-DI, 14-0617-DI, 14-0687-DI, 14-0693-DI, and 14-0795-DI

Public Reprimand

Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Court Judge 09/01/2015

09/01/2015
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law by enforcing local rules that unfairly punished defendants for the dilatory conduct of their at...

Private Reprimand of a Judicial District Judge (09/01/2015)

09/01/2015
 
 

The judge inappropriately used public resources, including but not limited to court property, time, and letterhead, to retaliate against a political opponent and to pressure colleagues into interce...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace (08/31/2015)

08/31/2015
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and failed to maintain professional competence in the law when the judge deprived a litigant of his right to a hearing on the Sworn Statement of Inability to...

Private Warning of a District Court Judge. 08/24/2015.

08/24/2015
 
 

The judge failed to maintain order and decorum in the courtroom when she took no action to appropriately and timely address contemptuous conduct in the courtroom during court proceedings. The judge...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education 07/29/2015

07/29/2015
 
 

The judge failed to comply with the law and demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law when the judge visited a mobile home park and spoke to its tenants while the misdemeanor cases ...

Private Admonition of a Senior Appellate Judge (07/29/2015)

07/29/2015
 
 

The judge failed to follow the law and demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law by denying litigants and members of the public access to the courtroom. [Violation of Canons 2A and ...

Private Admonition and Order of Additional Education of a Municipal Court Judge (07/29/2015)

07/29/2015
 
 

The judge failed to follow the law and demonstrated a lack of professional competence in the law by magistrating defendants and accepting payment of fines without requiring defendants to enter a wr...