In the Matter of Scott

By the Court.

The case is before us on the recommendation of the Committee on Judicial Responsibility (Committee) 1 that District Court Judge Margaret C. Scott be subjected to discipline for her misconduct.

The court on March 22,1977, referred to the Committee on Judicial Responsibility, pursuant to S. J. C. Rule 3:17, as amended, 372 Mass. 925 (1977), a suggestion of the Massachusetts Bar Association (through its committee on judicial complaints) that Judge Scott had conducted herself improperly in her judicial office. After investigation, the Committee on April 6,1978, served on Judge Scott a…