Wash. Discip. R. Jud. DRJ 4
Comment
Section (a). The rule provides that the commission will prepare the record in a contested proceeding. The commission will only need to transcribe those portions of the proceedings which are relevant to its decision. Thus, if the judge was originally charged with five different violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct and the commission imposes discipline based on only one of those, it would only need to transcribe the portions of the proceedings relevant to the charge actually found. The commission will first serve the record on the judge to allow for its determination of any objections to the record before the matter is referred to the Supreme Court. If a party is not satisfied with the commission's determination of the objection, the Supreme Court will decide the matter.
Section (b). There may be circumstances when the commission and the judge disagree only over a limited part of the commission decision. In such circumstances, an agreed record is authorized. Cf. RAP 9.4.
Section (c). If a judge does not contest the commission decision, and the commission recommends suspension, removal, or an order of retirement, the record will only consist of the commission decision, supplemented by those portions of the record the Supreme Court deems relevant.