In re Clontz

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 65A20 Filed 18 December 2020 IN RE INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE, NO. 18-193 EDWIN D. CLONTZ, Respondent This matter is before the Court pursuant to N.C.G.S. §§ 7A-376 and -377 upon a recommendation by the Judicial Standards Commission entered on 23 January 2020 that respondent Edwin D. Clontz, a Judge of the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, Judicial District Twenty-Eight, be publicly reprimanded for conduct in violation of Canons 2A and 3A(4) of the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct and for conduct prejudicial to the…