Case Name: STATE ex rel. Arthur WILLIAMS v. JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2011-07-01
Citations: 64 So. 3d 235
Docket Number: No. 2011-O-1062
Parties: STATE ex rel. Arthur WILLIAMS v. JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA.
Judges: GUIDRY and CLARK, JJ., would deny.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 64
Pages: 235–236

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Arthur WILLIAMS v. JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA.
No. 2011-O-1062.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 1, 2011.

Opinion:
In re Williams, Arthur; —Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs Office of the Judiciary Commission, No. 11-7931.
Granted. The Office of Special Counsel erred in finding it lacked jurisdiction to consider the complaint. Our jurisprudence establishes the Judiciary Commission has jurisdiction to investigate a judge's pre-judicial conduct, although such conduct generally may not form the sole basis for disciplinary proceedings against the judge before the Judiciary Commission. See In re: Hughes, 03-3408 (La.4/22/04), 874 So.2d 746. Accordingly, the matter is remanded to the Office of Special Counsel for further proceedings.
GUIDRY and CLARK, JJ., would deny.