The Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of Arizona disclosed this week that a complaint, with case number #22-024, has been dismissed.
The complainant alleged that a city court judge refused to look at his cell phone when he tried to present some saved images as evidence in his civil traffic matter.
The Complaint states, in pertinent part:
“On . . . separate occasion I tried to get judge . . . to view saved images on my phone provided evidence in support of my position.
-on the . . . attempt she refused and said that I should have printed them.
-on the . . . attempt she said that she did not want to take my phone.
-on the . . . attempt I offered to let her retain my phone for as long as needed. She again declined.”
The Commission dismissed the complaint, stating among others:
“The role of the Commission on Judicial Conduct is to impartially determine whether a judicial officer has engaged in conduct that violates the Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct or Article 6.1 of the Arizona Constitution. There must be clear and convincing evidence of such a violation in order for the Commission to take disciplinary action against a judicial officer.”
The dispositive portion of the Order reads:
“The Commission reviewed all relevant available information and concluded there was not clear and convincing evidence of ethical misconduct in this matter. The complaint is therefore dismissed pursuant to Commission Rules 16(a) and23(a).”
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
