David Lewis, a former justice on Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals who battled alcoholism and resigned from the bench last year after his colleagues concluded he'd become too mentally impaired to continue his duties, was found dead in his home by police.

University Park police found Lewis' body on June 14 after they entered his townhouse to inquire about his welfare after friends hadn't heard from him in days.

“We did not see anything suspicious to lead us to believe his death was anything other than from natural causes,” said University Park police public information officer Lita Snellgrove. The Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office has not yet determined Lewis' cause of death.

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