Opinion 90-103

September 18, 1990

Digest:         A part-time judge may commence a civil action in any court having jurisdiction over the claim.

Rule:            22 NYCRR Part 100

Opinion:

         A part-time judge seeks to commence a civil action and asks whether a fellow judge in the same court may preside over the case.

         This committee previously has stated that there is no prohibition against a judge bringing a lawsuit in any court having proper jurisdiction. The question of what action the presiding judge should take concerning the matter when the judge’s colleague appears as a party before the judge is one that only that judge may pose. (See Opinions 89-71; 90-11.)