Rule jsc-37 NMRA
Rule jsc-37. Preparation and filing of the record of proceedings.
A. Preparation of the record of proceedings. As soon as practical following the
completion of a hearing on the merits in which the Commission decides to make
recommendations to the Supreme Court for the discipline, removal, or retirement of a
judge, the Commission shall ensure the prompt preparation of the record of proceedings
and shall ensure prompt service of the record of the proceedings on the parties.
B. Certification and filing of the record of proceedings and service of notice.
Promptly upon completion of preparation of the record of proceedings, the Commission
shall certify that the record is the complete, following which the record or proceedings
shall be filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court and notice of such filing shall be
served on the parties.
C. Petition for immediate temporary suspension. If, in its recommendations, the
Commission finds that immediate temporary suspension of a judge or other interim relief
is required pending the Supreme Court’s action on the Commission’s recommendations,
the Commission shall direct investigative trial counsel to file a petition with the Supreme
Court pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24.
D. No longer confidential. Upon filing of the record of proceedings with the
Supreme Court, the proceedings, to the extent of the record filed, are no longer
confidential.