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Case Summary for Complaint # 827


Name: Douglas Goelz

Title: Judge

Court: South Pacific District Court

County: Pacific

Discipline: Admonishment

Method of Resolution: Stipulation

Discipline Date: 02/02/1990

Canons Violated:1, 2, 3(C)(1)(c), 3(C)(1)(d)(iii), 5(C)(1)

Summary: Respondent stipulated that while serving in his capacity as a part time District Court Judge of Pacific County, he entered into a contract with the Pacific County Prosecutor's office to act as an attorney handling paternity cases in Pacific County. Based upon such conduct, the Commission found a technical, inadvertent violation of Canons 1, 2, 3(C) (1) (c), 3(C) (1) (d) (iii) and 5(c)(l) and admonished the judge.

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