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Case Summary for Complaint # 9422


Name: Scott Gallina

Title: Judge

Court: Asotin County Superior Court

County: Asotin

Discipline: Censure

Method of Resolution: Stipulation

Discipline Date: 09/09/2022

Canons Violated:Canon 1: Rules 1.1 and 1.2 and 1.3 and Canon 2: Rule 2.3

Summary: From an agreed statement of facts former Asotin, Garfield, and Columbia Counties Superior Courts Judge Scott Gallina stipulated that he violated Canon 1, Rules 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3, and Canon 2, Rule 2.3, of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Judge Gallina violated the Code by committing the criminal offenses of Assault in the Third Degree with Sexual Motivation and Assault in the Fourth Degree with Sexual Motivation against his own subordinate court staff. The Commission censured former Judge Gallina, who agreed to never serve as a judge in the future.

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