The state’s highest court has voted to temporarily remove a Baton Rouge judge from the bench, agreeing with the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana that she poses a threat of “serious harm to the public” if she continues to serve.
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The court’s two-page order does not list specific reasons for the disqualification. But Johnson Rose has been under investigation by the commission after receiving allegations of misconduct and issuing questionable decisions including convicting a formerJohnson Rose is a candidate for a seat on the First Circuit Court of Appeals against Kelly Balfour, a fellow 19th Judicial District judge.Periodic flooding hurts Mississippi.
“The balance between an appropriate sanction for behavior that deserves a sanction and respect for the choice of the electorate is a difficult one,” Hughes wrote. “The actions of the judge in this matter are cause for concern and may ultimately lead to discipline,” Griffin wrote. “However, in my view, they are not so egregious as to warrant the most extreme measures at this point in the Judiciary Commission process.”
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