By Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics
The Colorado Supreme Court suspended a trial judge late last year, while ordering the state’s judicial discipline commission to keep it informed of the developments in the judge’s investigation.
District Court Judge Justin B. Haenlein presides in the 13th Judicial District, consisting of Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson counties. The Supreme Court’s Nov. 25 order suspended Haenlein with pay, and cited the rule of judicial discipline allowing for judges under investigation to agree to a temporary suspension.
The order contained no further details about the nature of the proceedings, only an instruction for the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline to update the Supreme Court every 45 days until the case is resolved.