IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND
Judicial Disabilities Docket No. 2
September Term, 2017
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IN THE MATTER OF THE HONORABLE
MARY C. REESE, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT
COURT OF MARYLAND FOR HOWARD
COUNTY, TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
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Barbera, C.J.
Greene
Adkins
McDonald
Watts
Hotten
Getty,
JJ.
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ORDER
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Filed: March 22, 2018
IN THE MATTER OF * IN THE
* COURT OF APPEALS
THE HONORABLE
* OF MARYLAND
MARY C. REESE * JD DOCKET NO. 2
* September Term, 2017
ORDER
WHEREAS, the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities (“Commission”), pursuant
to Maryland Rule 18-407 (j) and (k), referred to this Court the case of In the Matter of the
Honorable Mary C. Reese, Judge of the District Court of Maryland for Howard County, Tenth
Judicial Circuit, Case Nos. CJD 2015-132, CJD 2015-133, and CJD 2015-134 for expedited
consideration pursuant to Maryland Rule 18-408(a), and
WHEREAS, the Commission alleged that Judge Reese violated the Maryland Code of
Judicial Conduct, specifically Maryland Rules 18-101.1 and 18-102.5, as a result of her presiding
over a peace order hearing in the District Court of Maryland sitting in Carroll County, and
WHEREAS, this Court having concluded that the Commission did not prove by clear and
convincing evidence that Judge Reese lacked the competence and diligence necessary to complete
her judicial responsibilities or otherwise committed sanctionable conduct, as defined by Maryland
Rule 18-401(j), and
WHEREAS, this Court held Oral Argument on March 6, 2018 and for reasons to be stated
in an opinion later to filed, it is this 22nd day of March 2018,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals, that this proceeding against Judge Mary C. Reese
be, and is, hereby dismissed with prejudice.
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
Chief Judge
cc: Kendra R. Jolivet, Esq.
Tanya C. Bernstein, Esq.
Andrew J. Graham, Esq.
Louis P. Malick, Esq.