MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — A now resigned West Virginia circuit judge has been publicly admonished by the state Judicial Investigation Commission.
David Hummel, who was circuit judge in Marshall, Wetzel and Tyler counties until he resigned last week, violated the Code of Judicial Conduct nearly a half dozen times. The state Judicial Disciplinary Counsel voted 7-0 that probable cause existed in each of the violations.
As part of the case, Hummel accepted the admonishment and agreed to never seek judicial office again in the state.
One of the violations had to do with Hummel pulling out a gun in open court during a March hearing in Wetzel County. An attorney said Hummel unholstered the gun when she was trying to have him removed from a gas royalty case because of a possible conflict of interest.
Another charge from the JIC, said Hummel brought a 7-year-old girl to tears when he accused her of lying during a hearing on an abuse and neglect case. He accused the girl’s six-year-old sister of plotting with the mother to falsify allegations against the father.
Hummel later dismissed the case against the father.
There will be no other formal discipline against Hummel from the JIC because he chose to resign.
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