In re Bartie

OPINION

STONE, Justice.

This is an appeal from the recommendation of the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct that Respondent, Thurman Bill Bartie, be removed as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 8 of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, and further, that he be forever barred from holding judicial office in this State.2 The Commission found that Respondent, while in his judicial capacity, used obscene language in the courtroom; failed to follow the law; exhibited incompetence in the law; attempted to interfere in the lawful arrest of an individual; and participated in or used corporal…