IN RE: Judge Michelle ODINET (2021)

Motion for interim disqualification granted. See order.

ORDER

Considering the Motion for Interim Disqualification by Consent filed by Judge Michelle Odinet and the concurrence of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana:

IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Judge Michelle Odinet, Lafayette City Court, Lafayette Parish, State of Louisiana, be and hereby is disqualified from exercising judicial functions, without salary, during the pendency of further proceedings in these matters, pursuant to La. Const. art. V, § 25(C) and Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XXIII, Section 27.

This order shall be effective immediately.

In accordance with Supreme Court Rule XXIII, Section 27(d), this Order and the Motion for Interim Disqualification by Consent are hereby matters of public record.

CHIEF JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT

While I condemn the language reported in the media, at this point all we have are media reports. I would like to see some hard facts as to who said what and when. This situation did not happen in a vacuum.

Hughes, J., dissents and assigns reasons.