In Re the Inquiry Concerning Gerard

SNELL, Justice.

The matter before us is an original proceeding pursuant to the application by the Iowa Commission on Judicial Qualifications regarding District Associate Judge Stephen C. Gerard II. The commission conducted an evidentiary hearing that included testimony from Judge Gerard and several witnesses. Following the hearing, the commission unanimously recommended that Judge Gerard be suspended without pay for a period of forty-five days. We grant the commission’s application and now impose a sanction of suspension from judicial office for sixty days.

Our authority in this proceeding is…