In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge

The North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission recommended that Brenda G. Branch, a judge of the General Court of Justice, District Court Division, Judicial District 6A, should be publicly reprimanded for conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute and which violates the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct. The recommendation was based on the Commission’s findings that Branch engaged in misconduct that resulted from insufficient inquiry into her obligations regarding a certain case and her insufficiently-based conclusions regarding the parties. The Supreme Court adopted the Commission’s findings and concluded that Branch be publicly reprimanded. View "In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge" on Justia Law