Texas Attorney General told to stop meddling in salon court case

[Gothmog]

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Judges in Dallas County have rebuked the state's top legal officer amid the controversy surrounding a Dallas salon owner.

In a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, 12 civil district judges called Paxton's letter to Judge Eric Moyé "inappropriate and equally unwelcome."


The rebuke was in reference to Paxton's letter calling the sentencing of Shelley Luther outrageous. Luther was sentenced to jail after being found in contempt of court in a case involving keeping her hair salon open despite closure orders.

She was ordered to be released Thursday by the Texas Supreme Court.

"As a current Member of the Bar, you certainly should be aware of the impropriety of this contact, as prohibited by Canon 3(b)(8) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct," the letter to Paxton stated. "In this context, for you to "Urge" a Judge towards a particular substantive outcome in this matter is most inappropriate and equally unwelcome. Please do not communicate with the Court in this manner further."

[RainCaster]

1. That's a woodshed moment!

Let's hope he learns.

Though I have my doubts.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Unless Paxton is disbarred or convicted of the felonies that he committed

there is no stopping him. I'm almost certain that Paxton crumpled the letter into a wad and through it in the trash.