Harris v. Smartt

*131ORDER AND OPINION

¶1 In Harris v. Smartt, 2002 MT 239, 311 Mont. 507, 57 P.3d 58, this Court held that Justice of the Peace Michael Smartt’s (Smartt) conduct in accessing sexually explicit images on his county-owned computer and exposing his co-workers to these images was conduct violating the Canons of Judicial Ethics warranting suspension from office. Further, this Court ordered that Smartt shall pay all costs of the proceeding.

¶2 Pursuant to the above order, the Judicial Standards Commission (the Commission) filed a statement of costs in the amount of $52,539.02 (Transcripts $2699.70;…