Matter of Sawyer

This is a proceeding under ORS §§ 1.420 and 1.430 to inquire into the conduct of a circuit judge.1 It arises from a complaint by the Commission on Judicial Fitness charging Judge Sawyer with conduct contrary to the restrictions of Article III, § 1 of the Oregon Constitution in that he has been employed as a part-time teacher at Southern Oregon College, a state-supported school of higher education, at a salary of $3,200 per year, while at the same time holding office as a circuit judge.2

In his answer to that complaint Judge Sawyer admitted such employment, but denied that such conduct was…