N.M. R. Jud. Stan. Comm. Proc. 27-301

As amended through November 1, 2024

Rule 27-301 - [Effective 12/31/2024] Commencement of proceedings

A.Discipline, retirement or removal. Proceedings for the discipline, retirement or removal of a judge on recommendation of the Judicial Standards Commission shall be commenced by the commission filing in the Supreme Court a petition for discipline, retirement or removal of the judge.

B.Contents of petition. The petition shall contain:

(1) a brief and plain statement of the grounds for discipline, retirement or removal, or if more than one, each of the separate grounds;

(2) the provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct, court rule, statute or other law claimed to have been violated; and

(3) a concise statement of the recommendations of the commission.

C.Petition length. The petition shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length.

D.Proposed public censures. For proceedings before the Supreme Court to accept a stipulated agreement that provides for public censure as the recommended form of discipline under JSC Rules 34 and 36 NMRA, the commission shall also file a proposed public censure with the Supreme Court in accordance with Rule 27-404 NMRA.

E.Exhibits. The recommendations, findings and conclusions of the commission and any certificates of the commission may be attached as exhibits to the petition.

F.Service of petition. The petition and any exhibits shall be served by the commission on the respondent judge in the manner provided by the procedural rules of the commission.

N.M. R. Jud. Stan. Comm. Proc. 27-301

Approved, effective 4/17/1996; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 10-8300-010, effective 3/3/2010; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. S-1-RCR-2024-00108, effective12/31/2024.

ANNOTATIONS The 2010 amendment, approved by Supreme Court Order No. 10-8300-010, effective March 3, 2010, in Paragraph C, changed the page limitation from fifteen pages to twenty-five pages.