Rule jsc-31. Failure to respond or appear.

A. Failure to respond. (1) If a judge fails, in whole or in part, to respond to a notice of investigation, the Commission may direct that the investigation continue and may take further actions as permitted by these rules. (2) If a judge fails, in whole or in part, to respond to a notice of formal proceedings, the charges of the notice of formal proceedings for which there has been no response may be deemed denied and the Commission may take further action as permitted by these rules. B. Failure to appear. (1) If a judge fails to appear at any Commission proceeding, the Commission may issue an order to show cause. (2) Following a hearing on an order to show cause, the Commission may go forward with the proceeding and may take further action as permitted by these rules, with or without the presence of the judge.