Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Bowen

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this judicial-misconduct case, Eddie H. Bowen, Circuit Court Judge for the Thirteenth District, State of Mississippi, failed to disclose a conflict to the parties in a civil lawsuit and failed to rule on counsel’s motion to recuse made after the conflict was discovered. The Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance (Commission) recommends, in a joint motion for approval of recommendations, that Judge Bowen be publicly reprimanded and assessed costs in the sum of $200 under *383Section 177A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, as amended, (Section…