Judge Faces Disciplinary Hearing

Judge Pamela Taylor Johnson, an East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court judge, went in front of the Louisiana Supreme Court Wednesday, according to a report in the The Advocate. She was accused of judicial misconduct by the Louisiana Judiciary Commission. The commission recommended that Judge Johnson be suspended for 60 days without pay for allegedly failing to timely sign judgments in three dozen child-support cases, and for allegedly interfering with a retired Orleans Parish Juvenile Court judge appointed by the high court in February 2001 to oversee the administrative functions of East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court. Judge Johnson's attorney, Nelson Taylor, argued that the disciplinary hearing was politically motivated and meant to punish her for helping to create a "politically unpopular" juvenile drug court and drug treatment center. The La. high court has issued no decision yet.

Posted by Capital Clerks at March 3, 2005 09:03 AM