Matter of Browning

CLECKLEY, Justice:

This judicial disciplinary proceeding was initiated against Magistrate June G. Brown ing of Mingo County by the Judicial Hearing Board (Hearing Board) after the Judicial Investigation Commission (Commission) filed a complaint against her. In its complaint, the Commission charged Magistrate Browning with violating Canon 3 of the Judicial Code of Ethics and Canon 1, Canon 2A, and Canon 3A, B(l), (2), (3), (4), and C(l) of the Code of Judicial Conduct. 1 The Commission set forth the grounds for the violations in five separate paragraphs in its complaint. These paragraphs…