IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND JD No. 1 September Term, 2020 IN THE MATTER OF THE HONORABLE AMY LEIGH NICKERSON, JUDGE OF THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF MARYLAND FOR KENT COUNTY, SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISABILITIES Barbera, C.J. McDonald Watts Hotten Getty Booth Biran, dd; Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal PER CURIAM ORDER Materials Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article} this document is authentic ¢ ®) 2021-03-26 J 15:51-04:00 Filed: March 26, 2021 IN THE MATTER OF THE HONORABLE * IN THE AMY LEIGH NICKERSON, JUDGE * COURT OF APPEALS OF THE ORPHANS’ COURT OF * OF MARYLAND MARYLAND FOR KENT COUNTY, * JD Docket No. 1 SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT * September Term, 2020 PER CURIAM ORDER WHEREAS, the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities, pursuant to Md. Rule 18-435, referred to this Court its findings, the record, and its recommendation in Jn the Matter of the Honorable Amy Leigh Nickerson, Judge of the Orphans’ Court of Maryland for Kent County, Second Judicial Circuit, Case Nos. CJD 2018-033 and 2019- 013, for the Court’s consideration pursuant to Maryland Rule 18-437, and WHEREAS, this Court having considered the Commission’s “Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order, and Recommendations,” and having received no response from the Hon. Amy Leigh Nickerson, and for reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 26 day of March, 2021, ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the disciplinary sanction recommended by the Commission is hereby GRANTED, and it is further ORDERED, that, effective immediately, Amy Leigh Nickerson is hereby removed from office as Judge of the Orphans’ Court for Kent County, Maryland. /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera Chief Judge