In the Matter of the Honorable Ryan D. Johanningsmeier, Judge of the Knox Superior Court 2

Per Curiam Opinion

Judicial Discipline Action

We find that Respondent, the Honorable Ryan D. Johanningsmeier, Judge of the Knox Superior Court 2, engaged in judicial misconduct by his actions in, and failure to recuse from, a close friend's traffic-infraction case.

The matter is before us on the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications' ("Commission's") "Notice of the Institution of Formal Proceedings and Statement of Charges" against Judge Johanningsmeier. Together with the filing of formal charges, the parties jointly tendered a "Statement of Circumstances and Conditional Agreement for…