Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 9-19-13 (2026)
Disqualification of judge during pendency of proceedings
✓ current as of July 2026
Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-3-36(7), on recommendation of the commission on judicial performance, the Supreme Court may disqualify a judge from exercising any judicial function, without loss of salary, during pendency of proceedings before the commission or in the supreme court. If so disqualified, a special judge shall be appointed to perform his duties, as provided by law.
Laws, 1979, ch. 511, § 5; Laws, 1990, ch. 426, § 3, eff. 6/18/1990 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the amendment).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: Miss. Com'n on Jud. Perf. v. Chinn, 611 So. 2d 849 (Miss. 1993).
Miss. Com'n on Jud. Perf. v. Chinn, 611 So. 2d 849 (Miss. 1993). “The Mississippi legislature and the State Attorney General acknowledged in 1990 that such changes are subject to § 5 pre-clearance and must be submitted for approval pursuant to chapter 426, S.”
Mississippi Comm'n on Jud. Performance v. Littlejohn, 172 So. 3d 1157 (Miss. 2015). “By contrast, when we impose a suspension "during the pendency of proceedings before the commission or in the Supreme Court,” Mississippi Code Section 9-19-13 prohibits us from making that suspension without pay.”
Rickey W. Thompson v. Lee Cnty. Democratic Party Exec. Comm., 227 So. 3d 1037 (Miss. 2017). “Like Mississippi Code Section 9-19-13, the Arkansas statute prohibited any judge removed from office from thereafter being appointed or elected to serve as a judge.”
Miss. Com'n on Jud. Perf. v. Hartzog, 822 So. 2d 941 (Miss. 2002). “The Commission unanimously adopted the Committee's Recommendation and recommended that Judge Hartzog be suspended with pay until resolution of the criminal matter pursuant to Article 6, § 177A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, as amended, Miss.Code Ann. § 9-19-13…”
Mississippi Comm'n on Jud. Performance v. Aelicia Thomas (Miss. 2026). “§ 9-19-13 (Rev. 2019), and the Rules of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance, the Court finds that the recommendation should be granted.”
Mississippi Comm'n On Jud. Performance v. Just. Court Judge, 623 So. 2d 1022 (Miss. 1993). “The Commission makes this recommendation pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, Section 177A of the Constitution of the State of Mississippi, Miss.Code Ann. § 9-19-13 (1972), and the Rules of the Commission on Judicial Performance.”
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