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1 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION IN RE THE MATTER OF: SEVEN D. COMBS, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE 35 TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FORMAL PROCEEDINGS DOCKET ENTRIES Date of Document 1. April 27, 2015 - Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges 2. May 12, 2015 - Response by Steven D. Combs 3. May 14, 2015 - Entry of Appearance 4. June 2, 2015 - Amended Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges 5. June 2, 2015 - Order and Notice of Hearing on Temporary Suspension 6. June 3, 2015 - Amended Order and Notice of Hearing on Temporary Suspension 7. June 16, 2015 - Order of Temporary Suspension from Duties Pending Final Adjudication 8. June 23, 2015 - Amended Response by Steven D. Combs 9. June 23, 2015 - Notice of Time and Place for Hearing 10. July 2, 2015 - Notice of Entry of Appearance 11. July 7, 2015 - Notice of Withdrawal of Counsel 12. August 7, 2015 - Second Amended Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges 13. August 11, 2015 - Order 14. August 24, 2015 - Answer and Affirmative Defenses to Second Amended Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges 15. September 4, 2015 - Motion to Dismiss Counts, Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss Counts, and Appendix of Exhibits in Support of Motion to Dismiss Counts 16. September 8, 2015 - Motion for Order Disqualifying Commission’s Prosecutor and Memorandum in Support of Motion to Disqualify Commission’s Prosecutor 17. September 8, 2015 - Motion to Close Courtroom or Otherwise Exclude the Public from Hearing Certain Evidence at the Hearing

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION

IN RE THE MATTER OF: SEVEN D. COMBS, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE 35TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

FORMAL PROCEEDINGS DOCKET ENTRIES Date of Document 1. April 27, 2015 - Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges 2. May 12, 2015 - Response by Steven D. Combs 3. May 14, 2015 - Entry of Appearance 4. June 2, 2015 - Amended Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges 5. June 2, 2015 - Order and Notice of Hearing on Temporary Suspension 6. June 3, 2015 - Amended Order and Notice of Hearing on Temporary Suspension 7. June 16, 2015 - Order of Temporary Suspension from Duties Pending Final Adjudication 8. June 23, 2015 - Amended Response by Steven D. Combs 9. June 23, 2015 - Notice of Time and Place for Hearing 10. July 2, 2015 - Notice of Entry of Appearance 11. July 7, 2015 - Notice of Withdrawal of Counsel 12. August 7, 2015 - Second Amended Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges 13. August 11, 2015 - Order 14. August 24, 2015 - Answer and Affirmative Defenses to Second Amended Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges 15. September 4, 2015 - Motion to Dismiss Counts, Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss Counts, and Appendix of Exhibits in Support of Motion to Dismiss Counts 16. September 8, 2015 - Motion for Order Disqualifying Commission’s Prosecutor and Memorandum in Support of Motion to Disqualify Commission’s Prosecutor 17. September 8, 2015 - Motion to Close Courtroom or Otherwise Exclude the Public from Hearing Certain Evidence at the Hearing

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18. September 8, 2015 - Notice of Respondent to Take the Videotaped Deposition of Marc Whitsett, MD 19. September 10, 2015 - Renotice of Respondent to Take the Videotaped Deposition of Marc Whitsett, MD 20. September 10, 2015 - Notice of Respondent to Take the Videotaped Deposition of Frank Justice 21. September 10, 2015 - Order on Pending Motions 22. September 11, 2015 - Motion of the Respondent for Leave to Take Pre-Hearing Deposition of Gene Weaver 23. September 16, 2015 - Supplemental Memorandum in Support of the Motion of The Respondent for Leave to Take Pre-Hearing Deposition of Gene Weaver 24. September 16, 2015 - Response in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss 25. September 16, 2015 - Response in Opposition to Motion to Disqualify 26. September 16, 2015 - Response in Opposition to Motion to Close Courtroom or

Otherwise Exclude the Public from Hearing Certain Evidence at the Hearing 27. September 16, 2015 - Response in Opposition to Motion for Leave to Take Pre- Hearing Deposition of Gene Weaver 28. September 17, 2015 - Order on Motion for Leave to Take Pre-Hearing Deposition of Gene Weaver 29. September 21, 2015 - Order on Motion to Dismiss, Motion to Disqualify the Commission’s Prosecutor and Motion to Close the Courtroom or Otherwise Exclude the Public from Hearing Certain Evidence at the Final Hearing 30. October 1, 2015 - Agreed Order of Suspension 31. May 24, 2016 - Motion Under Seal of the Respondent, Steven D. Combs, Circuit Court Judge, 35th Judicial Circuit, For Declarations as to KYLAP-Mandated Abstinence and Testing 32. May 24, 2016 - Memorandum in Support of Motion Under Seal of the

Respondent, Steven D. Combs,Circuit Court Judge, 35th Judicial Circuit, For Declarations as to KYLAP-Mandated Abstinence and Testing

33. May 26, 2016 - Response in Opposition for Declarations as to KYLAP- Mandated Abstinence and Testing 34. June 1, 2016 - Order on Motion for Declarations as to KYLAP-Mandated Abstinence and Testing

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION

IN RE THE MATTER OF:

STEVEN D. COMBS, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE

35TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

AMENDED RESPONSE BY STEVEN D. COMBS

Steven D. Combs, Circuit Court Judge, responds to the allegations of the Amended

Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges as follows:

1. Judge Combs adopts his prior response to the Notice of Formal Proceedings

and Charges.

2. Judge Combs denies the allegations of Count 11.

WHEREFORE, Judge Combs requests that the Judicial Conduct Commission

should dismiss the Formal Proceedings and Charges.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Kent Wicker

Kent Wicker

Dressman Benzinger LaVelle psc

2100 Waterfront Plaza

321 West Main Street

Louisville, KY 40202

(502) 572-2500

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Certificate of Service

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was served upon Ms. Jimmy Shaffer,

Executive Secretary of the Judicial Conduct Commission, this 23rd day of June, 2015, by

electronic and first class mail.

/s/ Kent Wicker

Kent Wicker

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION

IN RE THE MATTER OF:

STEVEN D. COMBS, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE

35TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL

Kent Wicker hereby gives notice of his withdrawal as counsel for Steven D. Combs,

Circuit Court Judge. Mr. Wicker serves as counsel for the plaintiffs in the case of Holt v.

Griffin, No. 13-cv-32-WOB (E.D. Ky.), consolidated with Osborn v. Griffin, No. 11-89-

WOB (E.D. Ky.). That case is set for trial from September 14, 2015, to September 28,

2015, including the time set for the hearing in this matter. It would be detrimental to the

interests of either client to have their trial or hearings delayed.

Consequently, Mr. Wicker gives notice of his withdrawal. Mr. Steven Ryan

remains as counsel for Judge Combs, and Mr. Richard Getty and Ms. Danielle Brown have

entered their appearance as co-counsel.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Kent Wicker

Kent Wicker

Dressman Benzinger LaVelle psc

2100 Waterfront Plaza

321 West Main Street

Louisville, KY 40202

(502) 572-2500

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Certificate of Service

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was served upon Ms. Jimmy Shaffer,

Executive Secretary of the Judicial Conduct Commission, and to Jeffrey Mando, Adams,

Stepner, Woltermann & Dusing, PLLC, 40 W. Pike St., P.O. Box 861, Covington, KY

41012, this 7th day of July, 2015, by electronic and first class mail.

/s/ Kent Wicker

Kent Wicker

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION

IN RE THE MATTER OF:

STEVEN D. COMBS, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE

35TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

ORDER ON PENDING MOTIONS

Upon consideration of motions by Judge Combs to dismiss Counts I, II, IV, VII, VIII, IX,

X, XI, XII, and XIII of the Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges as Amended, to disqualify

the Commission’s prosecutor and to close the courtroom or otherwise exclude the public from

hearing certain evidence at the final hearing, it is by the Commission

ORDERED that counsel for the Commission shall file a response to the pending motions

on or before September 16, 2015;

FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions shall be heard at 9:00 a.m. on

September 21, 2015, in the Appellate Courtroom on the 3rd Floor of the Pike County Judicial

Center, 175 Main Street, Pikeville, Kentucky. The Commission will make a determination

whether to hear oral arguments on any pending motions at that time.

SO ORDERED this 10th day of September, 2015.

Stephen D. Wolnitzek, Chair

Judge Janet Stumbo and Judge Eddy Coleman recused from any consideration of this

matter.

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CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that copy hereof was served on Steven D. Combs, Pike Circuit Court

Judge, by mailing same to his attorneys, Richard A. Getty and Danielle H. Brown, 1900

Lexington Financial Center, 250 West Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507; Stephen P. Ryan,

7104 Hillcircle Court, Louisville, KY 40214; and on counsel for the Judicial Conduct

Commission, Jeffrey C. Mando and Louis D. Kelly, 40 West Pike Street, Covington, KY 41011,

this 10th day of September, 2015.

JIMMY SHAFFER,

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION

IN RE THE MATTER OF:

STEVEN D. COMBS, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE

35TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

ORDER ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO TAKE

PREHEARING DEPOSITION OF GENE WEAVER

Upon consideration of the motion by Judge Combs for leave to take the prehearing

deposition of Gene Weaver, and the response thereto, and being otherwise fully advised and

informed, it is by the Commission

ORDERED that the motion be, and it is hereby, OVERRULED. Mr. Weaver will be

present at the hearing and Judge Combs has the opportunity to subpoena him and call him as a

witness.

SO ORDERED this 17th day of September, 2015.

Stephen D. Wolnitzek, Chair

Judge Laurance B. VanMeter, Judge Jeffrey M. Walson, Judge David P. Bowles, Mr. Stephen D.

Wolnitzek, Ms. Joyce King Jennings and Ms. Diane E. Logsdon, sitting. Judge Janet Stumbo

and Judge Eddy Coleman recused from any consideration of this matter.

CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that copy hereof was served on Steven D. Combs, Pike Circuit Court

Judge, by mailing same to his attorneys, Richard A. Getty and Danielle H. Brown, 1900

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Lexington Financial Center, 250 West Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507; Stephen P. Ryan,

7104 Hillcircle Court, Louisville, KY 40214; and on counsel for the Judicial Conduct

Commission, Jeffrey C. Mando and Louis D. Kelly, 40 West Pike Street, Covington, KY 41011,

this 17th day of September, 2015.

JIMMY SHAFFER,

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION

IN RE THE MATTER OF:

STEVEN D. COMBS, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE 35TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS, MOTION TO DISQUALIFY THE COMMISSION’S PROSECUTOR AND MOTION TO CLOSE THE

COURTROOM OR OTHERWISE EXCLUDE THE PUBLIC FROM HEARING CERTAIN EVIDENCE AT THE FINAL HEARING

On September 21, 2015, the Commission considered the motions by Judge Combs to

dismiss Counts I, II, IV, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII of the Notice of Formal Proceedings

and Charges as Amended, to Disqualify the Commission’s Prosecutor and To Close the

Courtroom or Otherwise Exclude the Public from Hearing Certain Evidence at the Final Hearing

and the responses thereto. The Commission, in open court,

ORDERED that the Motion to Disqualify the Commission’s Prosecutor be, and it was

OVERRULED. The Commission found that there was no basis in fact or law requiring Mr.

Mando’s disqualification.

FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss Count VII and that part of Count VIII

alleging improper ex parte communication be, and it was GRANTED.

FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss the remaining counts be, and they

were OVERRULED.

FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Close the Courtroom or Otherwise Exclude

the Public from Hearing Certain Evidence at the Final Hearing be and it was OVERRULED.

The Commission noted that SCR 4.130(2) requires that hearings in formal proceedings be public.

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SO ORDERED the 21st day of September, 2015.

Stephen D. Wolnitzek, Chair

Judge Janet Stumbo and Judge Eddy Coleman recused from any consideration of this matter.

CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that copy hereof was served on Steven D. Combs, Pike Circuit Court

Judge, by mailing same to his attorneys, Richard A. Getty and Danielle H. Brown, 1900

Lexington Financial Center, 250 West Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507; Stephen P. Ryan,

7104 Hillcircle Court, Louisville, KY 40214; and   on   counsel   for   the   Judicial   Conduct  

Commission,  Jeffrey  C.  Mando  and  Louis  D.  Kelly,  40  West  Pike  Street,  Covington,  KY  41011,

this 30th day of September, 2015.

JIMMY SHAFFER, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION

IN RE THE MATTER OF:

STEVEN D. COMBS, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE 35TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

SECOND AMENDED NOTICE OF FORMAL PROCEEDINGS AND CHARGES

Notice is hereby given of the initiation of formal proceedings under Rule 4.180 of

Rules of the Supreme Court. At the times set out in this Notice, you were Circuit Court Judge

for Kentucky's 35th Judicial Circuit located in Pike County. The charges in the Notice of

Formal Proceedings and Charges filed on April 27, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as the

“Original Notice”) and the Amended Notice of Formal Proceedings and Charges (hereinafter

referred to as the “First Amended Notice”) are adopted by reference in this Second

Amended Notice. The Charges are as follows:

COUNTS I - XI

The charges in Counts I – X in the Original Notice and Count XI in the First Amended

Notice is adopted by reference as Counts I – XI of this notice.

COUNT XII

During your tenure as Circuit Judge, you presided over the following cases in which

EQT Production Company, or one of its subsidiaries, was a party to the action despite the

fact that you had a financial relationship with EQT Production Company and without

disclosing such relationship on the record:

09-CI-431, Fleming, et al. v. Equitable Production Co.; 09-CI-660, Justice, et al. v. EQT Production Co.; 09-CI-1179, Johnson, et al. v. EQT Production Co.; 10-CI-116, Edmiston et al. v. EQT Production Company; 10-CI-722, May, et al. v. EQT Production Co.; 10-CI-926, Pilgrim Energy, Inc. v. EQT Production Co.;

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10-CI-1840, Roberts, et al. v. EQT Production Co.; 11-CI-352, Hopkins, et al. v. Childers, et al. 11-CI-546, Potter, et al. v. EQT Production Co.; 11-CI-567, Potter v. Blue Flame Energy; 11-CI-615, Johnson v. EQT Production Co.; 11-CI-899, Coleman v. EQT Production Co.; 11-CI-939, EQT Production Co. v. Johnson; 11-CI-1161, Wright v. EQT Production Co.; 11-CI-624, Stalnaker v. EQT Production Co.; 13-CI-680, Williamson, et al v. EQT Gathering, LLC; 13-CI-1258, EQT Gathering, LLC v. Robinson

Your actions violate SCR 4.020(1)(b)(i) and constitute misconduct in office. Your

actions furthermore violate SCR 4.300 and the relevant portions of the following Canons of

the Code of Judicial Conduct:

Canon 1 which requires judges to maintain high standards of conduct and uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary.

Canon 2A which requires judges to respect and comply with the law and act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.

Canon 2D which prohibits judges from lending the prestige of judicial office to advance private interests of the judge or others.

Canon 3B(8) which requires a judge to dispose of a matter promptly, efficiently, and fairly.

Canon 3E(1) which requires a judge to disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

COUNT XIII

During a temporary suspension hearing held before the Commission on June 16,

2015, you testified under oath that you had disclosed, on the record, your financial

relationship with EQT Production Company in all cases which you presided as judge. A

review of all pleadings and recorded hearings in the cases identified in Count XII failed to

identify any disclosures of your relationship with EQT Production Company on the record.

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Your actions violate SCR 4.020(1)(b)(i) and constitute misconduct in office. Your

actions furthermore violate SCR 4.300 and the relevant portions of the following Canons of

the Code of Judicial Conduct:

Canon 1 which requires judges to maintain high standards of conduct and uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary.

Canon 2A which requires judges to respect and comply with the law and act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.

JURISDICTION

The jurisdiction of the Judicial Conduct Commission in this matter is under SCR

4.020(1)(b)(i) and (v), and (1)(c) which read, in pertinent part, as follows:

(1) Commission shall have authority:

(b) To impose the sanctions separately or collectively of (1) admonition, private reprimand, public reprimand or censure; (2) suspension without pay or removal or retirement from judicial office, upon any judge of the Court of Justice or lawyer while a candidate for judicial office, who after notice and hearing the Commission finds guilty of any one or more of the following:

(i) Misconduct in office.

(v) Violation of the code of Judicial Conduct, Rule 4.300.

(c) After notice and hearing to remove a judge whom it finds to lack the constitutional statutory qualifications for the judgeship in question.

For your information, the Commission calls your attention to the following Supreme

Court Rule:

RULE 4.180 FORMAL PROCEEDINGS

If the Commission concludes that formal proceedings should be initiated, it shall notify the judge. He may file an answer within 15 days after service of the notice. Upon the filing of his answer, or the expiration of time for so

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filing, the Commission shall set a time and place for the hearing and shall give reasonable notice thereof to the judge.

Please mail your Answer to: Ms. Jimmy Shaffer, Executive Secretary, Kentucky

Judicial Conduct Commission, P.O. Box 4266, Frankfort, KY 40604-4266.

August _______, 2015

STEPHEN D. WOLNITZEK, CHAIRMAN KENTUCKY JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION

Judge Janet Stumbo and Judge Eddy Coleman recused themselves from any consideration of

this matter.

I hereby certify that copy hereof was served on Steven D. Combs, Pike Circuit Court

Judge, by mailing same to his attorneys, Richard A. Getty and Danielle H. Brown, 1900

Lexington Financial Center, 250 West Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507; and Stephen P.

Ryan, 7104 Hillcircle Court, Louisville, KY 40214 this ______ day of August, 2015.

JIMMY SHAFFER, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Jimmy Shaffer
Jimmy Shaffer
Jimmy Shaffer
Jimmy Shaffer
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EXHIBIT A

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION

IN RE THE MATTER OF:

STEVEN D. COMBS, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE

35TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

ORDER ON MOTION FOR DECLARATIONS AS TO

KYLAP-MANDATED ABSTINENCE AND TESTING

Upon consideration of the motion by Judge Combs for the Commission to enter an order

declaring that certain portions of the Kentucky Lawyer Assistance Program Confidential

Recovery Agreement are invalid and should be stricken from the agreement,1 the response

thereto, and being otherwise fully advised and informed, it is by the Commission

ORDERED that the motion be, and it is hereby, OVERRULED.

SO ORDERED this 1st day of June, 2016.

Stephen D. Wolnitzek, Chair

Judge Janet Stumbo and Judge Eddy Coleman recused from any consideration of this matter.

1 While the mot ion i s s tyled as having been f i led under seal , the request to f i le under seal

was wi thdrawn by counsel when informed by the Commiss ion that th is was impermiss ible

under SCR 4.130(1) , which states tha t a l l p lead ings f i led subsequent to the f i l ing an answer

to a no tice o f formal proceedings shall not be confident ia l .

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CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that copy hereof was served on Steven D. Combs, Pike Circuit Court

Judge, by mailing same to his attorneys, Richard A. Getty and Danielle H. Brown, 1900

Lexington Financial Center, 250 West Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507; Stephen P. Ryan,

7104 Hillcircle Court, Louisville, KY 40214; and on counsel for the Judicial Conduct

Commission, Jeffrey C. Mando and Louis D. Kelly, 40 West Pike Street, Covington, KY 41011,

this 1st day of June, 2016.

JIMMY SHAFFER,

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY