Selected Documents from Public Files of the Commission on Judicial Conduct
In Re the Matter of The Hon. Richard B. Sanders, Justice, Wash. Supreme Court
(Case No. 4072-F-109, and related Supreme Court Case No. 200,149-1)

[A charge that on 1-27-2003, Justice Sanders improperly communicated with residents of the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island (a facility for people committed as sexually violent predators), some of whom then had cases pending in the Washington Supreme Court or had cases impending, in that their appeals were being processed in the state court system and likely to be reviewed by the Washington Supreme Court.]
      All docs are in Adobe PDF format;  * indicates doc is posted at CJC's Internet website;   + indicates exhibits omitted

Letter by Justice Faith Ireland dated 1-22-2003
Statement of Alan McLaughlin [Assoc. Superintendent, Special Committment Center] dated 3-10-2004
Statement of Alan McLaughlin dated 8-17-2004
Statement of E. Ross Farr [Justice Johnson's former law clerk] dated 6-1-2004
Statement of David Hackett [King Cnty Dep. Prosecutor] dated 7-19-2004
Statement of Todd Bowers [Asst. Attorney General] dated 7-20-2004
Statement of Todd Bowers dated 8-17-2004 +
Transcript of Deposition of Richard Sanders on 6-21-2004 +

Press Release (4-5-2004) *
Statement of Charges (4-5-2004) *
Answer [by Sanders] (4-28-2004) *
Justice Sanders' Motion for Summary Judgment (6-4-2004) * +
Declaration of Justice Sanders on Summary Judgment Motion (6-4-2004) +
[CJC Counsel's] Response to Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment (7-22-2004) * +
Justice Sanders' Reply to Commission's Response to Motion for Summary Judgment (8-13-2004)  +
Declaration of Justice Sanders in Supplementation of Summary Judgment Motion (8-17-2004) +
[CJC Counsel's] Response to Reply to Summary Judgment Motion (8-18-2004) +
[CJC Hearing Officer's] Order [denying summary judgment; setting hearing for week of 12-6-2004] (8-27-2004)*
Second Amended Notice of Fact-Finding Hearing [to commence 12-6-2004] (10-14-2004) *

Filed in the Wash. State Supreme Court:
Justice Sanders' Motion for Discretionary Review (7-22-2004) +
[CJC Counsel's] Opposition to Motion for Discretionary Review (7-30-2004) +
Justice Sanders' Reply to Opposition to Motion for Discretionary Review (8-17-2004) +
Order Denying Discretionary Review (10-7-2004) *

Justice Sanders' misleading spin on the CJC's pending ethics case against him.   His press release.
Selected Newspaper Articles:
Seattle Weekly (Sept. 1-7, 2004)
Seattle Times, Katrina Pflaumer's letter to editors (Apr. 17, 2004)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Apr. 6, 2004)
Seattle Times (Apr. 6, 2004)