IN RE: Justice of the Peace Tracy BATIESTE (2025)

ORDER

Upon recommendation of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana acting pursuant to the authority granted under La. Const. art. V, § 25,

IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that respondent, Justice of the Peace Tracy Batieste, Ward 2, District 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, State of Louisiana, be and she hereby is immediately disqualified from exercising any judicial function, with salary, during the pendency of further proceedings in this matter based on a finding of probable cause that respondent committed a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct and poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the public or the administration of justice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent's interim disqualification be pursuant to the express and mandatory provisions of La. Const. art. V, § 25(C).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XXIII, § 27(h), the subsequent disciplinary proceedings against respondent shall be expedited and shall be resolved by the Commission within six months, unless good cause is shown.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall be taxed with costs of these proceedings pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XXIII, § 27(i).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission's recommendation, respondent's opposition and this order be public pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XXIII, § 27(d).

This order shall be effective immediately.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, this ․ day of June, 2025.

FOR THE COURT:

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JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

Hughes, J., dissents. Guidry, J., dissents.