Suspended With Or Without Pay

The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Conduct has suspended with pay a Philadelphia traffic court who is the subject of a felony indictment.

The judge had been suspended without pay by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Here, the court affirmed that it had the authority to determine whether suspension (with or without pay) should be imposed.

The court chided the Judicial Conduct Board for the “grossly inaccurate representation” that the judge was indicted in 68 counts. The number is actually just three.

A concurring opinion provides some history of the court. The concurring opinion notes that the error in the board’s petition was promptly corrected. 

In an unrelated matter of a judge who allegedly dismissed her own parking tickets, the court suspended without pay and directed return of payments made after February 11, 2013. (Mike Frisch)