A three-member panel assigned to adjudicate the misconduct allegations against a northeastern Colorado judge will livestream a status conference on Friday, for apparently the first time in the state’s history.

On Nov. 25, the Colorado Supreme Court suspended District Court Judge Justin B. Haenlein, who presides in the 13th Judicial District of Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson counties. The justices’ order cited the rule of judicial discipline allowing for judges under investigation to agree to a temporary suspension, but provided no further details about the nature of the allegations against Haenlein.

A panel of the Independent Judicial Discipline Adjudicative Board announced on Thursday that it will meet at 9 a.m. on April 11 to discuss Haenlein’s case.  The livestreamed proceeding comes after the passage of constitutional Amendment H in November, which revamped several components of the judicial discipline process.

Weld County District Court Judge Vincente G. Vigil, a member of the panel, said he believes the proceeding will be the first to occur under the new system and the first to ever be livestreamed publicly. The executive director of the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline was also unaware of anything similar happening in the past.

The other members of the panel are attorney Tyrone Glover and Jeff Swanty, a non-lawyer.

Amendment H created an adjudicative board to hear formal disciplinary proceedings, consisting of a pool of judges, attorneys and non-lawyers appointed by various entities. The amendment also established a rule-making body, which is currently working to establish emergency disciplinary rules.

The status conference in Haenlein’s case will be viewable through the judicial branch’s livestream under “Weld Division 17.”

The clerk of the Supreme Court said no documents were publicly available in the proceeding beyond the court’s original order of suspension.