Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF ROMAN A. MONTES, A JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 2014-05-21
Citations: 218 N.J. 358
Docket Number: 
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF ROMAN A. MONTES, A JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 218
Pages: 358–358

Head Matter:
95 A.3d 156
IN THE MATTER OF ROMAN A. MONTES, A JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
May 21, 2014.

Opinion:
ORDER
The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct having filed with the Court pursuant to Rule 2:15-15(a), a presentment recommending that ROMAN A. MONTES, a Judge of the Municipal Court for the City of Rahway and the City of Elizabeth, be censured for violating Canon 1 (a judge should personally observe high standards of conduct so the integrity and independence of the judiciary may be preserved), Canon 2A (a judge should act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary), and Canon 5A(2) (a judge must conduct all extra-judicial activities in a manner so as to not demean the judicial office) of the Code of Judicial Conduct;
And respondent, through counsel, having accepted the findings and recommendation for discipline of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that the findings and recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct are adopted and ROMAN A. MONTES, a Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Rahway and the City of Elizabeth, is hereby censured.