CRJS 3002-2 Week 3 Assignment Christopher McCrae After my review of case, In re: Judge James M. Deleon – No. 2 JD 08, it is apparent to me that Judge Deleon did not just violate cannons one, two, and three of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, he did so knowingly and willfully. As I will explain, based on my observations and/or understanding of the case, Judge Deleon abused his judicial power as an elected and court appointed official to impress and/or gain favor from someone he recently met as a social event which 1) were not in keeping with standards at set forth by the code of conduct, 2) compromised his integrity as a judge and the integrity of the Pennsylvania judicial system and, 3) violated the due process rights of the so called accused in this case. In keeping with the parameters of this assignment, Judge Deleon violated the code of conduct by committing the following actions, 1) issuing a stay away order against defendant, Lee Corley, on behalf of George Sdefu and his spouse, attorney Susan Satkowski, without requiring a petition be legally and properly filed for action, 2) issuing a stay away order against defendant, Lee Corley, without previous notification to the defendant as to the reasons why and not conducting any type of evidentiary hearing or investigation to establish any level of guilt on the part of Mr. Corley, 3) vacating the stay away order after meeting with Mr. Corley and his legal representation without notification to plaintiff's, George Sdefu and his spouse, attorney Susan Satkowski and, 4) neither the stay away order and/or order vacating original stay away order were officially filed as part of any official criminal preceding or judiciary record, essentially making all of Judge Deleon's actions off the record and therefore illegal. In my opinion, all of the previously mentioned