Private Admonition of a Justice of the Peace (06/08/05).

06/08/2005

The judge exploited his position and used the prestige of his judicial office to advance his own private interests when he sent a pre-suit demand to the defendants in his private lawsuit, and then filed pleadings in the case, utilizing his judicial title in both instances. [Violation of Canons 2B and 4D(1) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.] Private Admonition of a Justice of the Peace (06/08/05).