► Judge Janice Clark of Baton Rouge; serial offender |
Judge Janice Clark of The state of The Louisiana Judiciary Commission charged Janice with the following misconduct. Janice’s most recent misconduct involves a defamation lawsuit Marie Reed filed against the East Baton Rough Parish Sheriff’s Office in 2010. Janice improperly dismissed the lawsuit in April 2011 despite the fact that neither party had a motion pending before the court for dismissal, and after a hearing in which Janice questioned Ms. Reed about two motions without her attorney being present. The commission said Janice’s conduct “constituted an egregious legal error that rose to the level of judicial misconduct” and showed “a lack of professional competence in the law.” In other words, the commission said Janice was a Dumbo. During the commission’s investigation, Janice gave multiple confliction reasons for her actions, which the commission found “troubling” and indicative of a “lack of candor.” Put simply, they said she was a liar. As one would suspect, this wasn’t Janice’s First bite at the Judicial Misfit Apple Tree as set forth below.
All that’s left now is to see what if any punishment the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Louisiana Supreme Court mete out to Janice for her fourth bite at the Judicial Misfit Apple Tree. Since this is only the fourth time she’s been brought up on misconduct charges, maybe the Supreme Court Justices will punish Janice by giving her a 30-day, all paid vacation to the As we speak (ca. April 2014), Janice remains on the bench in
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