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Peter Johnston
REQUEST FOR INQUIRY INTO JUDICIAL ETHICS VIOLATIONS BY JUDGE ROBIN SAGE

Complaint on Judge Robin Sage

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LISTING OF APPENDICES
G.        Willful and Persistent Violations of Judicial Code of Conduct by Judges Sitting on Texas         CASA Board
        1.        Committee on Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinion 240: It is a Violation of the Judicial                         Canons of Ethics for a Judge to Serve on the Judicial COuncil of the Children's                         Assessment Center
        2.        Committee on Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions:
                66 - Instruction of Law Officers on Cross-Examination
                89 - Advisor to Public Task Force
                133 - Meeting with County Commissioners Concerning County's Cases
                225 - Judicial Neutrality Prohibits J.P. "War on Hot Checks"
                240 - Judge On Board of Non-Profit Corporation which Trains Volunteers and Paid                 Staff to Serve as Guardians of Incapacitated Persons
        3.        Committee on Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinion 57: Membership, Advisory Board                  Non-Profit Corporation
        4.        E-mail for judges to solicit funds for CASA
        5.        Set #1 CASA e-mails attempting to circumvent Ethics Opinions
        6.        Set #2 CASA e-mails attemtpting to circumvent Ethics Opinions
        7.        Minutes of CIP Task Force Meeting of March 1-2, 2001
        8.        Texas CASA board minutes from June 8, 2001 meeting
        9.        Set #3 CASA e-mails attempting to circumvent Ethics Opinions
        10.        Set #4 CASA e-mails attempting to circumvent Ethics Opinions
J.        Willful and Persistent Violations of Separation of Powers and Ethics by Judges in Association with the Department of Family and Protective Services
        1.        Listing of Members of the Supreme Court Task Force on Foster Care
        2.        Committee on Judicial Ethics Edvisory Opinion 86: Advisor to Public Task Force

        3.        Two flowcharts depicting Children's Justice Act (CJA) and Court Improvement Project (CIP)
                        Funding from Federal government to CJA and CIP       
                        Funding and functions of CJA and CIP under  TDPRS
        4.        Texas Court Improvement Project from DPRS website       
        5.        Open Records request from Gary W. Gates with responses
        6.        Contracts and Amendments for reimbursement between TDPRS and Select Judges
        7.        Memos from Virginia Ruiz, CJA Program Administrator
        8.        Note on judge who refuse to sign contract with TDPRS
        9.        Texas Children's Justice Act from TDPRS website
        10.        Open Records request from Gary Gates to CJA and CIP with response from James G. Nolan, Sr. Attorney, DFPS Legal Services
        11.        FFY 1999 1st Annual Program Report for the Texas Court Improvement Project
        12.        Minutes of CIP Task Force Meeting on August 10, 2001
        13.        "This bill...guts PRS as we know it" e-mail from Cathy Morris, Chief Attorney, Field Operations of TDPRS to Carole Hurley, Directort of both CIP CJA and forwarding to at least seventeen judges or associate judges regarding HB 1752
        14.        Court Improvement Project Strategic Plan 2000-2003
        15.        Minutes of CIP Task Force Meeting March 1-2, 2001
        16.        Texas Court Improvement Program Contacts.
*In 2004 the name of Texas Department of Protective and Regulartory Services(TDPRS) was changed to Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS). The names are used interchangeably in the complaint with an effort to maintain the time frame of that change. Sometimes in the abbreviated form the letter "T" for "Texas" is omitted.