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Supreme Court grants Commission’s Petition to Accept Stipulation to Permanent Retirement from Judicial Office Effective December 31, 2011 in Lieu of Further Disciplinary Proceedings concerning Dona Ana County Magistrate Olivia Garcia, Supreme Court Docket No. 33,285, JSC Inquiry Nos. 2010-102, 2011-026 & 2011-085. Court order accepts the permanent retirement thereby permanently barring Garcia from ever holding New Mexico judicial office … Read More

Supreme Court grants Commission’s Petition for Discipline upon Stipulation concerning Hon. Kent Wingenroth, Dona Ana County Magistrate Court, SCT Docket No. 33,228, JSC Inquiry No. 2011-020. Public documents are available from the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office (505-827-4860). To download copy of the order, click here.

Supreme Court grants Commission’s Petition to Accept Stipulation to Permanent Retirement from Judicial Office Effective September 30, 2011 in Lieu of Further Disciplinary Proceedings concerning San Juan County Magistrate Wilma Charley, Supreme Court Docket No. 33,219, JSC Inquiry Nos. 2010-090 & 2011-059. Court orders accept the permanent retirement and thereby permanently barring Charley from ever holding New Mexico judicial office … Read More

Supreme Court grants Commission’s Motion to Accept Stipulation to Permanent Retirement from Judicial Office Effective July 29, 2011 concerning Second Judicial District Judge Albert S. (Pat) Murdoch, Supreme Court Docket No. 33,137, JSC Inquiry No. 2011-068. Court order accepts the permanent retirement and permanently bars Murdoch from ever holding New Mexico judicial office again. All public documents are available from … Read More

Supreme Court issues and publishes Formal Reprimand concerning Court of Appeals Judge Robert E. Robles, Supreme Court Docket No. 32,854, JSC Inquiry No. 2011-022. Public documents are available from the NM Supreme Court. To download a copy of this order, click here.

Supreme Court grants Commission’s Second Verified Petition for Immediate Temporary Suspension and orders the immediate and temporary suspension without pay concerning Hon. Michael T. Murphy, Third Judicial District Court Judge. Supreme Court Docket No. 32,933, JSC Inquiry No. 2011-038. The Supreme Court had denied the Commission’s initial temporary suspension petition in April. Public documents are available from the Supreme Court. … Read More

Supreme Court issues order accepting the permanent resignation of Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Sam B. Sanchez, Supreme Court Docket No. 32,557, JSC Inquiry Nos. 2009-124, 2010-009, 2010-019 & 2010-064. Court order permanently bars Sanchez from judicial office, and orders him to pay the Commission within 90 days $1,115.16 in trial costs. The order comes upon the Commission’s Petition for … Read More

Supreme Court grants Commission’s Motion to Accept Stipulation to Permanent Retirement from Judicial Office Effective June 1, 2011 and Consent to Discipline concerning Court of Appeals Judge Robert E. Robles, Supreme Court Docket No. 32,854, JSC Inquiry No. 2011-022. Court order accepts the permanent resignation, permanently bars Robles from judicial office, and imposes a formal reprimand, which will be issued … Read More

Supreme Court grants Commission’s Petition for Discipline upon Stipulation concerning Hon. John L. Sanchez, Mora County Magistrate Court, SCT Docket No. 32,903, JSC Inquiry Nos. 2009-070, 2009-098, 2010-024, and 2010-076. Public documents are available from the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office. To download copy of order, click here.