judicial discipline
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Colorado appeals court judges should not sit in judgment of Supreme Court justices: Discipline panel
Allowing judges from the Colorado Court of Appeals to stand in judgment over a Supreme Court justice accused of misconduct would be fraught with the appearance of impropriety and potential conflicts of interest. So says the state Commission on Judicial Discipline in a letter to a panel of legislators scheduled to take up a trio…
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Judicial discipline commission considered 17 cases in 2021, issued several private reprimands
The body in charge of disciplinary proceedings against state judges investigated 17 complaints in 2021, ultimately imposing private discipline on a handful of trial judges. Although the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline received 200 requests for evaluation, as complaints are known, the commission rejected 183 of them outright for failing to plausibly allege a violation…
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Supreme Court gives Summit County judge unpaid suspension for criminal violation
Mark D. Thompson, a judge in the Fifth Judicial District who pleaded guilty this year to the misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct, will receive a 30-day unpaid suspension for violating the judicial code of conduct with his actions. The Colorado Supreme Court issued its sanction on Monday in an unsigned opinion that imposed a rare…