Case Title: In the Matter of the Hon. Devy Patterson Russell

Citation: 

Docket Number: 1jd/19

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2019-10-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
 
OF MARYLAND 
 
Judicial Disabilities Docket No. 1 
 
September Term, 2019 
 
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IN THE MATTER OF THE 
 
HONORABLE DEVY PATTERSON RUSSELL, 
 
JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND 
FOR BALTIMORE CITY, DISTRICT ONE 
 
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McDonald 
Hotten 
Getty 
Booth 
Greene, Clayton, Jr. (Senior Judge,    
 
Specially Assigned) 
Harrell, Glenn T., Jr. (Senior Judge, 
 
Specially Assigned) 
Eyler, Deborah S. (Senior Judge, 
 
Specially Assigned), 
 
JJ. 
 
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ORDER 
 
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Filed: October 21, 2019 
 
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal 
Materials Act 
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. 
 
 
 
 
 
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk 
2019-10-23 
09:08-04:00
In the Matter of the  
 
 
 
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In the 
 
Honorable Devy Patterson Russell,   
 
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Court of Appeals 
 
Judge of the District Court 
 
 
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of Maryland 
 
of Maryland for Baltimore City,  
 
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JD Docket No. 1, September Term 2019 
 
District One  
 
 
 
 
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ORDER 
 
WHEREAS, the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities, pursuant to 
Maryland Rule 18-435, referred to this Court its findings, the record, and its 
recommendation as to sanction in In the Matter of the Honorable Devy Patterson Russell, 
Judge of the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City, District One, Case No. CJD 
2018-009, for the Court’s consideration pursuant to Maryland Rule 18-437, and  
WHEREAS, Judge Russell has filed a Motion to Dismiss on grounds of mootness 
in light of her resignation from the bench, effective September 25, 2019,  
WHEREAS, the Commission has filed an opposition to the motion arguing that the 
matter is not moot and has suggested that the case be held sub curia in the event Judge 
Russell should seek judicial office, 
WHEREAS, Judge Russell was previously suspended without pay from judicial 
office for no less than six months by this Court on June 30, 2019, in JD Docket No. 1 
(September Term 2018) with her reinstatement as a judge subject to her fulfillment of 
various conditions,  
WHEREAS, Judge Russell’s ability to hold judicial office would be subject to 
fulfillment of the conditions in JD Docket No. 1 (September Term 2018),  
WHEREAS, Judge Russell has declared in her Motion to Dismiss that she will not 
seek recall as a senior judge or appointment to a judicial office,  
WHEREAS, the Court of Appeals finds that this matter is not moot, but that in light 
of the conditions imposed in JD Docket No. 1 (September Term 2018), and Judge Russell’s 
pledge not to seek recall as a senior judge or appointment to judicial office, it is in the 
interest of justice to dismiss this matter without prejudice, it is this 21st day of October 
2019,  
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that this matter is dismissed 
without prejudice.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    /s/ Robert N. McDonald  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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             Senior Judge