The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct has recommended that Middlesex County Assignment Judge Alberto Rivas be censured for his inappropriate courtroom remarks in a dispute over nude photos.

The committee on Wednesday said Rivas’ conduct was “aggravated considerably” by his past receipt of two private reprimands. One of those was issued July 2013 for his conduct in two separate matters in which he displayed “an injudicious demeanor towards litigants appearing before him.” The other, in October 2014, was for his “discourteous treatment” of a criminal defendant.

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