IN RE JUSTIN

Docket No. 142076. Calendar No. 11.

809 N.W.2d 126 (2012)

490 Mich. 394

In re Honorable James M. JUSTIN, Judge, 12th District Court.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided January 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Fischer and Glen J. Page for petitioner.

Dickinson Wright PLLC, Grand Rapids (by Dennis C. Kolenda ) for respondent.


Opinion

YOUNG, C.J.

The Judicial Tenure Commission (JTC) has recommended that this Court remove respondent, 12th District Court Judge James Justin, from office for numerous instances of documented judicial misconduct. Respondent's multitudinous acts of proved misconduct sketch a common theme: respondent failed to follow the law, apparently believing that it simply did not apply to him.

Instances of respondent's judicial misconduct include "fixing...

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