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Honorable Gena Slaughter, 191st District Court Judge, Publicly Reprimanded by State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Honorable Gena Slaughter, 191st District Court Judge, Publicly Reprimanded by State Commission on Judicial Conduct

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Judge Gena Slaughter of the 191st District Court in Dallas, Texas, was publicly reprimanded by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for failing to comply with the law, maintain professional competence, and cooperate with an investigation. This was due to delays in issuing rulings, prompting the Court of Appeals to intervene. Judge Slaughter received the reprimand on February 7, 2024.


Honorable Gena Slaughter, 191st District Court Judge, Publicly Reprimanded by State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Honorable Gena Slaughter, 191st District Court Judge, Publicly Reprimanded by State Commission on Judicial Conduct

During its meeting on December 5-6, 2023, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct concluded a review of the allegations against the Honorable Gena Slaughter, 191st District Court, Dallas County, Texas. Judge Slaughter was advised by letter of the Commission’s concerns and provided a limited written response. After considering the evidence before it, the Commission issued a public reprimand on February 7, 2024.

At all times relevant, the Honorable Gena Slaughter served as judge of the 191st District Court of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. The case styled David Reiss & Spy Games, LLC v. Jason R. Hanson v. IberiaBank, Cause No. DC-18-02498 was filed in the 191st District Court on February 21, 2018 (the “Reiss Case”). The Dallas Court of Appeals issued a writ of mandamus opinion regarding the Reiss Case on October 15, 2020, in a proceeding styled In re David Reiss, Case No. 05-20-00708-CV (the “2020 Mandamus”). The opinion listed seven motions that were pending from six to over twenty-four months without rulings, prompting the Court of Appeals to direct Judge Slaughter to enter the orders, which she then did.

Following this, on June 21, 2022, the Dallas Court of Appeals issued a second and similar writ of mandamus opinion regarding the Reiss Case in a proceeding styled In re David Reiss and Spy Games, LLC, Case No. 05-22-00575-CV (the “2022 Mandamus”). The opinion listed six motions that were pending from two to over ten months without rulings, and Judge Slaughter was instructed to provide the required orders within a specific timeframe.

Subsequently, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct initiated an inquiry into Judge Slaughter’s conduct. Despite multiple attempts to obtain a response from Judge Slaughter, she failed to provide timely and complete responses. This led the Commission to determine that Judge Slaughter should be publicly reprimanded for her failure to comply with the law, maintain professional competence in the law, and cooperate with the Commission’s investigation.

In response to these findings, Judge Slaughter stated that she did not believe she had been “accused of willfully or deliberately, or for that matter even negligently, ignoring the substantive statutes and laws in regard to the case.” She acknowledged her failure to timely sign the orders but asserted that most of the rulings had been made and communicated to the parties. She also indicated the implementation of new processes to avoid similar issues in the future.

The Commission determined that Judge Slaughter’s failure to comply with the law, maintain professional competence, and cooperate with the investigation constitutes willful and persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of her duties, casting public discredit upon the judiciary and administration of justice.

As a result, the Commission publicly reprimanded Judge Slaughter pursuant to the authority conferred in Article V, Section 1-a(8) of the Texas Constitution, aiming to protect the public and promote public confidence in the judicial system.

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