Matter of Gorby

McGRAW, Justice:

This judicial disciplinary proceeding arises from a complaint filed with the Judicial Hearing Board by the Judicial Investigation Commission charging Magistrate Kenneth L. Gorby with violation of Canon 2A of the Judicial Code of Ethics. Following a hearing on the merits, the Hearing Board recommended that the complaint be dismissed. Independent review of the record presented, however, compels both a rejection of this recommendation and a determination that a serious ethical violation occurred warranting Magistrate Gorby’s suspension without pay for a period of six months.

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