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Article: Md. Panel Reprimands Judge In Courthouse Fire Incident; Monahan Awaits Ruling on Alleged Use of Prostitute
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- The Washington Post
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- December 30, 1995
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A Maryland judicial discipline panel publicly reprimanded
Montgomery County District Court Judge Henry J. Monahan today for
failing to promptly evacuate his Rockville courtroom during a 1992
basement fire, saying he demonstrated "poor judgment or lack of
judgment."
The seven-member Commission on Judicial Disabilities said it
unanimously found clear and convincing evidence that Monahan's
refusal to evacuate his courtroom immediately was "unjustified,
unreasonable, a violation of . . . {Montgomery County's fire safety
code} and could have posed a danger to the welfare and safety of
everyone in his courtroom."
A reprimand is the lightest discipline the commission could impose
and does not ...