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Dear Judge Savoie:

You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General as to whether a judge, against whom complaints before the Judicial Commission of Louisiana (Commission) were lodged, is considered exonerated when the complaints are dismissed due to his resignation from his judicial office.

According to the information you sent, one of the judges from the Fourteenth Judicial District is seeking indemnification for legal fees in connection with complaints lodged against him before the Commission. He later resigned from judicial office while the charges were pending. As a result of his…