Mississippi Supreme Court, 1998

Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Fisher

Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Fisher
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided March 12, 1998 · Banks, McRae, Mills, Pittman, Prather, Roberts, Smith, Sullivan, Waller
706 So. 2d 1107; 1998 Miss. LEXIS 92; 1998 WL 107462 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Fisher

Opinion of the Court

PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The parties in the present case have filed a joint motion for approval of the recommendation of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance that Justice Court Judge Jerry Fisher be publicly reprimanded. The record indicates, and the parties agree, that Judge Fisher “attempted to limit a litigant’s rights to execute upon a judgment, then vacated the judgment without notice or hearing.” There are no disputed factual or legal issues in the present case, and this Court agrees with the parties that the sanction of a public reprimand is an appropriate one under the facts of the present case. Accordingly, the joint motion of the parties is granted. Justice Court Judge Jerry Fisher is hereby publicly reprimanded and assessed costs.

¶ 2. JUSTICE COURT JUDGE JERRY FISHER IS HEREBY PUBLICLY REPRIMANDED.

SULLIVAN and PITTMAN, P.JJ., and BANKS, JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., SMITH, MILLS and WALLER, JJ., concur. McRAE, J., not participating.

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