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Case Summary for Complaint # 4148


Name: Judith R. Eiler

Title: Judge

Court: Federal Way District Court

County: King

Discipline: Reprimand

Method of Resolution: Stipulation

Discipline Date: 02/04/2005

Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 3(A)(1), 3(A)(3), 3(A)(4)

Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission found that King County District Court Judge Judith R. Eiler violated Canons 1, 2(A), 3(A)(1), 3(A)(3) and 3(A)(4) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by engaging in a pattern of rude, impatient and undignified treatment of self-represented litigants in the courtroom. This included inappropriately interrupting them, addressing them in an angry or condescending or demeaning tone of voice, and threatening to rule against them if they interrupted or annoyed her. The Commission reprimanded Judge Eiler and ordered her to, among other things, participate in approved ethics and sensitivity training at her own expense.

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