In re Greenfield’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “In our view a clearer line must be drawn between the role of the Commission and court administrators in order to avoid confusion and provide adequate notice to members of the judiciary as to when and under what circumstances delays in disposing of pending matters ceases to be a purely administrative concern and becomes a matter warranting punitive sanctions. We have concluded that generally these matters can and should be resolved in the administrative setting and that the more severe sanctions available to the Commission should only be deemed appropriate and necessary when the Judge has defied administrative directives or has attempted to subvert the system by, for instance, falsifying, concealing or persistently refusing to file records indicating delays.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Miss. Com'n on Jud. Performance v. Uu · In Re District Judge Kilburn

2. “would permit the Commission to intervene in the administrative process whenever it believes that a Judge has failed to dispose of pending matters within unspecified time limits in an unspecified number of cases and on a case-by-case basis”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Matter of Duckman

3. “a Judge's failure to promptly dispose of pending matters generally does not warrant `judicial discipline but rather administrative correction' (quoting In re Alvino, 100 N.J. 92 , 494 A.2d 1014, 1016 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Miss. Com'n on Jud. Performance v. Uu