Court Opinion

ID: 9793912
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:55:07.860282+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:06:49.216793
License: Public Domain

MOELLER, Vice Chief Justice,
specially concurring.
Persuasive, perhaps ultimately compelling, arguments can be made that the appropriate sanction for the type of conduct involved in this case is removal, particularly in view of the prior warnings and reprimands to the judge. However, Judge Goodfarb’s decision to not seek retention in the November election renders moot consideration of any sanction above or beyond suspension for the balance of his existing term. Accordingly, I concur in the judgment of the court suspending him without pay for the rest of his term. Such concurrence should not be read as rejecting consideration of removal for similar misconduct in any future case in which the issue of removal is not moot.