Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission v. Simes

I concur in the majority’s conclusion that the findings of the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission l^that Judge L.T. Simes violated Canons 4(E), 4(G), and 2 of the Cannons of Judicial Conduct are not clearly erroneous. However, I dissent from the majority’s decision to suspend Judge Simes. I believe that the Commission was correct in recommending that Judge Simes should be permanently removed from the bench. Maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary requires no lesser sanction.

The matter raised by the Commission is confined solely to Judge Simes’s conduct on…