'Master' judges accept Pfaff case

etruth.com ^ | 3 29 05 | Trevor Wendzonka

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Three judges have accepted appointments from the Indiana Supreme Court to preside and report about the charges levied against Benjamin Pfaff.

Pfaff, in his second term on the bench in Elkhart Superior Court 1, has been accused of official misconduct by the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications. The judge threatened a man at gunpoint during a December 2003 incident and later gave false information to investigators, the commission decided.

Benjamin Pfaff

In a short reply last month, Pfaff denied the charges.

Steven David of Boone Circuit Court in central Indiana will be the presiding "master," as designated by the Supreme Court. Daniel Donahue of Clark Circuit Court on the Kentucky border and Susan Orr Henderson of Fountain Circuit Court in west-central Indiana also will serve.

The Supreme Court has asked David to set the calendar for the case within the next 30 days.

A public hearing will be conducted.

After evidence is heard, the masters will file their report and recommendations with the Supreme Court by the first week of August.

Penalties for misconduct range from private reprimand to removal from office and disbarment.

Pfaff was absolved of any criminal wrongdoing in March 2004 by Whitley County prosecutor Matt Rentschler, who served as special prosecutor in the case.

In January 2005, Judicial Qualifications filed its charges.

Contact Trevor Wendzonka at trevorw@etruth.com

[freepatriot32]

so I geuss holding a man at gunpoint and then lying about it is now legal in Elkhart, indiana because of equal justice under the law right?They didnt arrest a goverment official when he did it so to be in compliance with equal justice under the law they now have to let civilians do the same thing and at most only face a POSSIBLE loss of their jobs.

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Judgenfuhrer Greer: "Leave him alone. He is a Judge in black robes, fools.
Just let his dogs eat a few citizens and he and the "Master' Judges will feel much better.
Remember you are not just 'above the law'. You are the 'law'"

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The Supreme Court has asked David to set the calendar for the case within the next 30 days.

Judge David is a pretty fair man. We live in the same town. He will not let him slide.