Judge Nathan Milliron is having a rough week in a reminder that karma is, sometimes, still real. The Harris County, Texas civil court judge caught on camera flipping out on a court staffer for helping him figure out his own IT errors before demanding to speak to the guy’s supervisor, responded to constructive criticism from the legal community by ordering an attorney into the courtroom to answer for daring to question the judge’s behavior. This earned the judge even more notoriety as the legal community called out the abuse of power, and then things got worse as his past transgressions against everyone from area attorneys, to the local Republican party apparatus, to the clerk’s office started circulating. Even the NY Post and TMZ got in on the action.
And because things can always get worse, the Houston NBC affiliate now reports that Judge Milliron faces some fines from the Texas Ethics Commission for delinquent filings:
Records from the Texas Ethics Commission show Judge Nathan Milliron is listed as delinquent on two separate required filings, including both campaign finance and personal financial disclosure reports.
According to the Texas Ethics Commission, individuals are placed on delinquent filer lists when they fail to submit required reports on time and have unpaid civil penalties associated with those filings.
Milliron appears on the Commission’s candidate/officeholder delinquent filer list, where records show he is facing a $1,000 civil penalty tied to missed campaign finance filings. He is also listed on the personal financial statement delinquent filer list, where he is facing a $500 fine for failing to submit required financial disclosures.
In fairness, he might’ve been able to get those in on time if he hadn’t alienated all the clerks helping him keep up on his actual work paperwork.
Missing financial filings has nothing to do with in court temperament, of course. But the problem with becoming “the internet’s official main character of the week” is that everything starts coming out.
Harris County judge in viral video missed two required filings, faces fines by Texas Ethics Commission [Click 2 Houston]
Earlier: Judge Throws IT Worker Out Of Courtroom For Doing His Job
Judge Who Embarrassed Himself With IT Outrburst Doubles Down
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