Opinion
JD Docket No. 1, Sept. Term, 2020
03-26-2021
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
Submitted by Kendra Randall Jolivet, Esquire (of Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities), for Petitioner. No submission on behalf of the Respondent.
Submitted by Kendra Randall Jolivet, Esquire (of Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities), for Petitioner.
No submission on behalf of the Respondent.
Submitted to: Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, and Biran, JJ.
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 In 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 26th 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.