Inappropriate Comments Draw Suspension

The Montana Supreme Court has suspended a judge for 30 days without pay

In August 2022, the Commission received Complaint No. 22-050 alleging that Judge Dayton engaged in conduct that violated the Canons of Judicial Ethics, specifically that he made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature about a witness in a pending matter who had alleged she had been stalked by the defendant. Judge Dayton made these comments in a public hallway in the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse, where the comments were overheard by courthouse employees.

The judge had stipulated to the violation. 

Hat tip to ABA Journal. (Mike Frisch)