In Re Benge

ON RECOMMENDATION FOR DISCIPLINE FROM THE JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA

KIMBALL, Chief Justice. *

[ ]This matter comes before the court on the recommendation of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana (“Commission”) that Judge Joan S. Benge (“Judge Benge”) be removed from office and ordered to reimburse the Commission hard costs in the amount of $3,389.50, incurred in the investigation and prosecution of this case. Following a hearing before a Hearing Officer, the Judiciary Commission made several findings of fact, concluding that the record demonstrates that Judge Joan Benge violated the…