A Dallas County judge up for re-election has received a harsh sanction for the second time from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Etta Mullin’s...
The state’s judicial conduct commission documents judges’ violations so a public record can exist, but it does not have authority to remove or fine a judge.
“The Commission has taken this action pursuant to the authority conferred it … in a continuing effort to promote confidence in and high standards for the judiciary,” wrote Janis Holt, the commission’s vice chairwoman. Dallas lawyer Monique Bracey Huff, left, is in a runoff against County Criminal Court at Law 10 Judge Etta Mullin, right.Mullin caused excessive waiting times for a man named Timothy Zorka and set court proceedings that he and his lawyer were required to attend with little advance notice in December 2019 and January 2020, the commission found.