Chief Magistrate Donald "Sonny" Caldwell
What happens in Catoosa, Georgia when a judge reports his superior for misconduct? Hint: former Clark County Nevada Judge Elisabeth Halverson found out the hard way when she defied Chief Judge Kathy Hardcastle.
If you guessed "he gets locked out of the courthouse," you guessed right. And if you think that this sounds a lot like Thunderdome (two men enter, one man leaves) you would be right as well.
When Judge Peters filed an ethics complaint against his boss, Chief Magistrate Judge Donald "Sonny" Caldwell, he was banished from the courthouse—except he did not go willingly and was arrested for trespassing, according to Chattanooga News Channel 9 on June 16.
One day after Magistrate Judge Anthony Peters was put in handcuffs, Chief Magistrate Donald "Sonny" Caldwell is now off the job as well, News Channel 9 reported.
According to the report:
“Turmoil and tension have filled the Catoosa Magistrate's Office”—what a marvelous gift for understatement. Since one judge had another taken away in handcuffs you might say that!
Meanwhile, both the Judicial Qualifications Commission and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating.
Why can’t the judge’s in San Francisco be this interesting?
What happens in Catoosa, Georgia when a judge reports his superior for misconduct? Hint: former Clark County Nevada Judge Elisabeth Halverson found out the hard way when she defied Chief Judge Kathy Hardcastle.
If you guessed "he gets locked out of the courthouse," you guessed right. And if you think that this sounds a lot like Thunderdome (two men enter, one man leaves) you would be right as well.
When Judge Peters filed an ethics complaint against his boss, Chief Magistrate Judge Donald "Sonny" Caldwell, he was banished from the courthouse—except he did not go willingly and was arrested for trespassing, according to Chattanooga News Channel 9 on June 16.
One day after Magistrate Judge Anthony Peters was put in handcuffs, Chief Magistrate Donald "Sonny" Caldwell is now off the job as well, News Channel 9 reported.
According to the report:
County attorney Chad Young says the Judicial Qualifications Commission has been contacted and is investigating. NewsChannel 9
confirmed today the GBI is also examining two specific allegations Regarding Peters.
Turmoil and tension have filled the Catoosa Magistrate's Office. 14 year magistrate judge Peters and his boss Chief Magistrate Donald "Sonny" Caldwell have been at odds. Peters sat down one on
one with us. "Yes, I knew it was coming. I just knew it was a matter of time before I went to jail." That happened yesterday because he wouldn't leave after Caldwell insisted on it.
Last month, Peters filed a complaint against Caldwell with the Judicial Qualifications Commission. He said the complaint centered on "nepotism." Peters continued, "It's either his way or the highway and that was evident yesterday when I was led away in handcuffs."
“Turmoil and tension have filled the Catoosa Magistrate's Office”—what a marvelous gift for understatement. Since one judge had another taken away in handcuffs you might say that!
Meanwhile, both the Judicial Qualifications Commission and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating.
Why can’t the judge’s in San Francisco be this interesting?
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