Title: In the Matter of Judge Nickerson

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

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 
2021-03-26 
15:51-04:00
IN THE MATTER OF THE HONORABLE * INTHE

AMY LEIGH NICKERSON, JUDGE * COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF * OF MARYLAND
MARYLAND FOR KENT COUNTY, * JD Docket No. 1
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT * September Term, 2020

PER CURIAM ORDER

WHEREAS, the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities, pursuant to Md,
Rule 18-435, referred to this Cour its findings, the record, and its recommendation in Jn
the Matter of the Honorable Amy Leigh Nickerson, Judge of the Orphans’ Court of
Maryland for Kent County, Second Judicial Cireuit, Case Nos. CJD 2018-033 and 2019-
013, for the Court's consideration pursuant to Maryland Rule 18-437, and

 

 

WHEREAS, this Court having considered the Commission's “Findings of Fact,
Conclusions of Law, Order, and Recommendations,” and having received no response
from the Hon. Amy Leigh Nickerson, and for reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be
filed, itis this 26% day of March, 2021,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the disciplinary sanction
recommended by the Commission is hereby GRANTED, and itis further

ORDERED, that, effective immediately, Amy Leigh Nickerson is hereby removed
from office as Judge of the Orphans” Court for Kent County, Maryland,

 

Chief Judge