IN RE ROYSTER

No. 608A06.

648 S.E.2d 837 (2007)

In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 05-158, Theodore S. ROYSTER, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Montgomery and Amy C. Kunstling, Special Counsels, for the Judicial Standards Commission.

Law Offices of J. Calvin Cunningham, by J. Calvin Cunningham and Nicholas D. Wilson, Lexington, for respondent.


ORDER OF CENSURE

On 2 November 2006, the Judicial Standards Commission (Commission) recommended that the Supreme Court censure respondent for participating in an ex parte conference with a defendant's attorney and entering an order as a result thereof, without notice to the plaintiff and without taking evidence.

On 17 May 2006, the Commission's counsel filed a complaint alleging that respondent "engaged in conduct inappropriate to his judicial office...

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