Lamesa, TX – A Texas judge was disciplined by the The State Commission on Judicial Conduct for calling a district attorney a “New York Jew” and telling an assistant district attorney that his beard made him “look like a Muslim, and I wouldn’t hire you.”
106th District Court Judge Carter Tinsley Schildknecht’s admonition of those and other events given in July 2014 was released Monday, according to Texas Lawyer.
The admonition states that Schildknecht called D.A. Michael Munk a “New York Jew” during a discussion with Munk’s secretary in the Schildknecht’s office.
She later explained to Munk and a defense attorney that when she explains why Munk thinks differently she says it is because he is from New York and because he is Jewish. Schildknecht said her comments were not made with prejudice.
Schildknecht was also accused of not treating lawyers and plaintiffs with courtesy after holding court until 4 a.m. in July 2014 and of violating the state’s open court doctrine when she refused to Munk in her court on July 15, 2014.
Schildknecht is required to take a four-hour class with a mentor about the open courts doctrine and recognizing and removing explicit and implicit bias and/or prejudice.
