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Case Summary for Complaint # 3505


Name: Victoria Meadows

Title: Judge

Court: Mason District Court

County: Mason

Discipline: Admonishment

Method of Resolution: Stipulation

Discipline Date: 12/07/2001

Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 2(B)

Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission determined that Mason County District Court Judge Victoria Meadows violated Canons 1, 2(A) and 2(B) of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Following an encounter with another motorist in her personal vehicle, Judge Meadows used court resources to obtain a motorist's traffic infraction record and sent a memorandum on court letterhead to state and local law enforcement announcing her recusal in any subsequent proceedings to be initiated against the motorist. The court, and not law enforcement, processes judges' recusals from cases, and there was no court-related purpose to advise law enforcement in this fashion. The Commission admonished the judge.

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