The Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics responds to written inquiries from New York state’s approximately 3,600 judges and justices, as well as hundreds of judicial hearing officers, support magistrates, court attorney-referees, and judicial candidates (both judges and non-judges seeking election to judicial office). The committee interprets the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct (22 NYCRR Part 100) and, to the extent applicable, the Code of Judicial Conduct. The committee consists of 27 current and retired judges, and is co-chaired by the Honorable Margaret Walsh, a justice of the supreme court in Albany County, and the Honorable Lillian Wan, an associate justice of the appellate division, second department.

This responds to your inquiry (22-47) in which you have stated that you heard and granted an ex parte application for a temporary order of protection against an individual.  The matter was later assigned to another judge for the arraignment and further proceedings.  Nonetheless, the defendant somehow obtained your personal contact information and has repeatedly texted and called you to express dissatisfaction with your issuance of the temporary order of protection.  The defendant’s messages, which have persisted for many weeks, have become more threatening and show no signs of abating, even though you have not answered the phone or responded in any way.  You plan to report this conduct to law enforcement and/or the District Attorney’s office, and have asked:

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