SDCL tit. 16, ch. 1A, app TO CHAPTER 16-1A, III, 4

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Decisions on Complaints

The commission shall by mail, or at a meeting which may be in person, by telephone, or video conference, or at a meeting called especially for that purpose, act upon the information before it in one of the following manners, to-wit:

(1) Dismiss the complaint.

(2) Require investigation by commission counsel.

(3) Continue to correspond with the judge complained against, or take such further action as the commission deems appropriate.

(4) In the event that the commission dismisses the complaint, the commission may, by a separate and unanimous vote, expunge the complaint from the judge's record.

(5) Proceed to formal proceedings.

(6) Issue a private reprimand.

(7) Enter into a Deferred Discipline Agreement.

SDCL tit. 16, ch. 1A, app TO CHAPTER 16-1A, III, 4