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Supreme Court suspends Judge Kouros
NWI Times
Jul 22, 2004
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/supreme-court-suspends-judge-kouros/article_4019365e-ce7a-5db8-8d82-066bc3079e04.html
Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard signed an Indiana Supreme Court order today suspending Lake Criminal Court Judge Joan Kouros with pay.

It was an immediate suspension.

Kouros was on the bench today, but will not return for court Friday.

The suspension comes one week and a day after the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed its response to the Masters' Report on Kouros recommending her permanent removal from the bench. It cited a judicial Admission and Discipline rule stating that once the Judicial Qualification Commission recommends removal for a judge, that judge is to be suspended with pay.