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Docket No. 14-1545
 
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RE:
Advisory opinion request by Judge Mary L. Dogget of the 9th Judicial District Court regarding whether it is allowable under Judicial Canon 3 for a district judge to employ her husband's nephew as a judicial law clerk in her division.
Facts:
Mary L. Dogget is a judge for the 9th Judicial District.
Law:
La. R.S. 42:1167 provides that all judges shall be governed exclusively by the provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct which is administered by the Judiciary Commission.

La. R.S. 42:1119A states that no member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be employed by his agency.


La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines immediate family member to include his children, the spouses of his children, his brothers and their spouses, his sisters and their spouses, his parents, his spouse, and the parents of his spouse.

Recommendations:
Decline to render an opinion.
Assigned Attorney: Brett Robinson
 
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description:
2014-1545 - Advisory Opinion Request
2014-1545 Proposed Draft Updated