Matter of Harned

WOLLE, Justice.

This is an original proceeding brought in this court at the instance of the Commission on Judicial Qualifications (hereinafter the commission) acting in accordance with Iowa Code section 602.2104(2) (1983 Supp.).1 These proceedings follow a hearing before the commission on charges of misconduct against Sheila Harned, a judicial magistrate.

The commission concluded, following the hearing, that Magistrate Harned had been guilty of a substantial violation of the Iowa Code of Judicial Conduct by utilizing her judicial position in an attempt to influence the disposition of a traffic…