In re Walker

*464JUDICIAL DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

I,In 2006, the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana recommended to this court that Judge Michael R. Walker of the 1st Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, be publicly censured for various acts of misconduct, including Judge Walker’s act of entering a plea agreement on behalf of a criminal defendant without participation by the district attorney. While the case was under advisement, Judge Walker submitted a letter to the Louisiana Secretary of State dated June 2, 2008 resigning his judicial office effective July 1, 2008. The Secretary of State received Judge…