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MATTER OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING AGAINST MICHELS

No. 72857-7.

75 P.3d 950 (2003)

150 Wash.2d 159

In the Matter of the DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING AGAINST Steven MICHELS, Municipal Court Judge.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Michels, Pro se.

Talmadge & Stockmeyer, Philip Talmadge, Tukwila, Louie Delorie, Yakima, for Petitioner.

Ernest Greco, Spokane, Edwards, Sieh, Smith & Goodfriend, Catherine Smith, Seattle, for Respondent.

Aaron Hugh Caplan, Seattle, Amicus Curiae on behalf of ALCU.

Mark Allen Kunkler, Sunnyside, Amicus Curiae on behalf of City of Sunnyside.

JOHNSON, J.

Part-time municipal court Judge Steven Michels challenges a recommendation of the Commission on Judicial Conduct (Commission) ordering censure and suspension without pay for 120 days. The Commission found Judge Michels to have violated the Code of Judicial Conduct (CJC) Canons 1, 2(A), 3(A)(1), and 3(D)(1) by acting as both judge and lawyer in the same case, by failing to act in a manner that promotes public confidence...

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