Not so fast B.R.- Shreveport has its own incompetent judge

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The Judiciary Commission laid out a string of alleged improper behavior by a sitting judge:

In a 2022 eviction case, Sims was rude, abusive and dismissive toward the petitioner before issuing a ruling that ran contrary to the evidence in the case. Sims' behavior toward a litigant in an eviction case was "yet another demonstration of a failure to be patient, dignified and courteous," the commission said.

City Court owns a vehicle that is supposed to be used for official business. Sims used it as her personal vehicle for three weeks in early 2023, during which two tanks of gas were paid for by deputy city marshals who used their office Fuelman cards, the commission alleged.

In another eviction case, Sims conducted her own investigation to get photographs and documents from the city property standards department, then conducted a line of questioning during a court hearing that created the appearance of advocating for one of the parties in the case.

Violated state law by releasing 10 defendants accused of violent crimes -- mostly domestic violence -- on their own recognizance.

She also issued a bond order for a person accused of second-offense DWI without requiring installation of an ignition interlock device as a condition of release.

Sims' treatment of people who work in her court is so bad, the commission said, that some employees have had to be consoled while others have either resigned or asked for transfers to another judge.

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Sims in 2015 was suspended for 30 days for improperly holding a city prosecutor in contempt of court even though the prosecutor had done nothing to warrant it, and for dismissing 15 criminal cases without the legal authority to do so.

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In addition, she has been admonished by the Judiciary Commission for being habitually late for court and for improperly demanding disciplinary action be taken against a deputy city marshal after he told another City Court judge Sims had recessed her court.

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