In the Matter of Chapala

PUBLISHED ORDER DISMISSING MATTER WITHOUT PREJUDICE

On October 29, 2008, the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed a "Notice of the Institution of Formal Proceedings and Statement of Charges" (the "Charges") against the Respondent, Walter P: Chapala. The matter is presently pending before this Court, with a hearing scheduled to commence on March 12, 2009. For the reasons stated below, the Court elects to dismiss this matter as moot.

The Charges stem from the judge's conduct in two separate cases. In the first allegation, the Commission charged that Judge Chapala, when he was the…