State Ex Rel. Galton v. Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness & Disability

The Honorable Sidney A. Galton, judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court (relator), petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing the Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability (Commission) to dismiss its pending judicial discipline proceeding against him for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. He also seeks an emergency stay of the Commission’s proceeding pending the outcome of this mandamus proceeding. For the reasons set forth below, we deny the petition and dismiss the motion for a stay as moot.

Relator argues that the Commission lacks jurisdiction under Article VII…