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IN RE JAMES

Docket No. 143942. Calendar No. 1.

821 N.W.2d 144 (2012)

492 Mich. 553

In re JAMES.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 31, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Fischer and Margaret Rynier , Detroit, for the Judicial Tenure Commission.

Morganroth & Morganroth, PLLC, Birmingham (by Mayer Morganroth and Jason R. Hirsch ), Key Group Legal and Consulting Services PC (by Sharon McPhail , Detroit), and Elliott S. Hall for respondent.

MARILYN KELLY, J.

The Judicial Tenure Commission (JTC) has recommended that this Court remove 22d District Court Judge Sylvia A. James from office for judicial misconduct. Judge James (respondent) has filed a petition asking this Court to reject that recommendation. We affirm the JTC's findings and its recommendation and conclude that it is necessary and appropriate to remove Judge James from office for the remainder of her term.

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