2008 Docket

COMPLAINTS
	Matters pending on January 1, 2008	157
	Complaints filed	349
	Requests to reopen dismissed complaints	32
TOTAL COMPLAINTS			538

DISPOSITIONS
DISMISSAL
	Insufficient evidence to proceed	20
	Lack of jurisdiction	4
	Legal issue over which commission has no jurisdiction	106
	No basis to reopen	29
	No violation found	55
	Unsubstantiated	141
SUSTAINMENT
	Admonishment	2
	Reprimand	5*
	Censure	3*
TOTAL COMPLAINTS DISPOSED*			365
MATTERS PENDING on December 31, 2007			173

INQUIRIES**
	Inquiries filed		651
	Complaints filed as a result of 2008 inquiries	337
	Complaints filed as a result of older inquiries	12

*	Due to multiple complaints against the same judicial officer, a single disposition may dispose of several cases. In 2008 for example, five cases were disposed of with the reprimand of one judicial officer and three cases were disposed of with the censure of one judicial officer.


**	Inquiries are recorded when individuals contact the Commission about filing a complaint.

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