Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission v. Don Bourne, Pope County District Court Judge

Summary

The court granted expedited review of an uncontested judicial-discipline recommendation and imposed a ninety-day suspension without pay, with seventy-five days held in abeyance subject to specified remedial measures. The court accepted the Commission's findings concerning Judge Bourne's treatment of unrepresented litigants and his deficient indigency determinations and recordkeeping, and ordered that he not hold judicial office after his current term expires.