Hon. Ken Paxton
Attorney General of Texas
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, TX. 78711
Dear General Paxton:
Your correspondence of date has been received by the Fourteenth Judicial District Court
of Texas, sitting in Dallas. Please accept this collective response.
At the outset, we, the twelve duly Texas Civil District Judges sitting in Dallas County are
troubled by what appears to be an ex parte communication about a pending case, directed
to the Court without consideration of the other litigants. As a current Member of the Bar,
you certainly should be aware of the impropriety of this contact, as prohibited by Canon
3(b)(8) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct.
"...A Judge shall not initiate, permit or consider ex parte communications
or other communications made to the judge outside the presence of the
parties…”
In this context, for you to "Urge" a Judge towards a particular substantive outcome in this
matter is most inappropriate and equally unwelcome. Please do not communicate with
the Court in this manner further.
Similarly, your comment in the penultimate sentence of your correspondence is
also inappropriate. The Court of Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court will ultimately
make any determination as to any alleged "abuse of discretion" by this or any other
Court. That will ONLY occur after all parties are afforded due process and an
opportunity to be heard. It is contrary to the concept of an independent Judiciary and
offends the tradition of separation of powers for any member of the Executive Branch of
Texas government to interject itself into the proceedings of the Judicial Branch.
We trust that this shall not happen further. For the sake of ALL of the citizens of Texas,
please let the Judicial process play out without any further interference.
Sincerely,

Original signed by Eric V. Moyé_

    Original signed by Bonnie

Goldstein_
The Hon. Eric V. Moyé, 

           The Hon. Bonnie Goldstein, 

 Presiding Judge, 14th District Court

     Presiding Judge, 44th District Court
   Original signed by Staci

Original signed by Martin Hoffman
Williams 
The Hon. Martin Hoffman, 

   The Hon. Staci Williams, 

Presiding Judge, 68th District Court

   Presiding Judge, 101st District Court

Original signed by Tonya Parker 

Original signed by Dale

Tillery
The Hon. Tonya Parker, 

The Hon. Dale Tillery, 

Presiding Judge, 116h District Court

Presiding Judge, 134th District Court 

Original signed by Aiesha Redmond

Original signed by Maricela

Moore
The Hon. Aiesha Redmond, 

  The Hon. Maricela Moore, 

Presiding Judge, 160th District Court
Original signed by Gena Slaughter

Presiding Judge, 162nd District Court 
Original signed by Craig

Smith
The Hon. Gena Slaughter

The Hon. Craig Smith, 

Presiding Judge, 191st District Court

Presiding Judge, 192nd District Court 

Original signed by Bridgett Whitmore

Original signed by Emily

Tobolowsky
The Hon. Bridgett Whitmore, 

The Hon. Emily Tobolowsky, 

Presiding Judge, 193rd District Court

Presiding Judge, 298th District Court