In Re Complaint Concerning Kirby

OPINION

The above-entitled matter came before this court upon orders to show cause why each of the above named judges should not be suspended with pay pending final determination by this court upon recommendations by the Board on Judicial Standards (hereafter Board) that each judge should be removed from office. Minnesota Statute 490.16, subdivision 1 (1982) provides as follows:

Subdivision 1. A judge is disqualified from acting as a judge, without loss of salary, while there is pending an indictment or any information charging him with a crime punishable as a felony under Minnesota or federal…