Private Sanctions Issued FY 2026

Action Date Issued Summary
Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace
10/10/25		 The judge failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence in the law when the judge failed to issue or provide a lawful Writ of Re-Entry order to the constable to execute and serve on the landlord; lent the prestige of the judge’s office to advance the judge’s own interest and the interest of others when the judge disturbed the County Clerk’s office demanding marriage licenses be filed immediately, became involved with a domestic dispute that was pending in the judge’s court and instructed law enforcement regarding the situation and provided the judge’s direct phone number to a party to pending litigation; allowed a relationship to influence the judge’s conduct when the judge instructed a constable to relay a threat of contempt to another constable should he appear in the judge’s court again, failed to be patient, dignified and courteous with those whom the judge deals in an official capacity when the judge used profanity and yelled at litigants and observers in open court, used profanity toward parents and children in truancy matters, exhibited unprofessional demeanor toward the employees in the County Clerk’s office and the constable assigned to the judge’s court, and engaged in ex parte communications with children who appeared before the court in truancy cases. [Violation of Canons 2A, 2B, 3B(2), 3B(3), 3B(4), and 6C(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.]
Private Reprimand of a Visiting Judge 10/0/25

The judge failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence in the law when the judge failed to ensure the parties were given proper notice of an emergency hearing, failed to respond or act on two motions to recuse filed against the judge within the required three business days and make proper findings for modification of conservatorship, failed to accord every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding the right to be heard when the judge proceeded with the emergency hearing despite lack of notice and considered improper ex parte communication when setting the emergency hearing immediately after speaking with a party and the party’s attorney in the absence of the other side. [Violations of Canon 2A, 3B(2) and 3B(8) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.]
Private Reprimand of a County Judge 10/20/25 The judge failed to treat individuals with patience, dignity and courtesy and engaged in willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of the judges duties and cast public discredit upon the judiciary or the administration of justice when the judge conducted a quasi-criminal show cause hearing during a commissioners court meeting against individuals who allegedly failed to comply with local development rules. [Violations of Canon 3B(4) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution.]
Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace 11/15/25 The judge failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence in the law when the judge failed to ensure that the appeal paperwork for a case before the court was immediately forwarded to the County Court after the appeals had been perfected. [Violations of Canons 2A, 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 Justice of the Peace 1/5/26 The judge directly initiated and considered ex parte communications in a pending case concerning the merits of the pending judicial proceeding. [Violation of Canon 6C(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.]
Private Warning and Order of Additional Education of a Justice of the Peace 1/5/26 The judge lent the prestige of judicial office to advance the private interests of other by advertising local businesses, sharing posts and endorsing political candidates and soliciting funds or local causes on the judge’s social media pages. [Violations of Canons 2B, 4C(2) and 5(2) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.]