While substantiating allegations that a U.S. magistrate judge had inappropriately pursued social relationships with a female attorney who practices before him and a female court employee, the Fifth Circuit’s disciplinary body declined to either reprimand or identify the jurist in a recent order.

According to the order released by The Judicial Council of the Fifth Circuit, the Fifth Circuit’s Chief Judge Carl Stewart identified a complaint after receiving information regarding possible inappropriate behavior by the magistrate judge, and referred the matter to a special committee for investigation.