A Texas jurist is out of a job and can never work in such a capacity again — at least not in the Lone Star State — after she allegedly had an attorney handcuffed in her courtroom during a dispute.
In January, Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez, 61, was indicted on one count each of unlawful restraint by a judicial officer and misdemeanor official oppression over the December 2024 courtroom incident.
Up until this week, Speedlin-Gonzalez served as a judge in Bexar County Court 13 — though she overwhelmingly lost her reelection bid in the Democratic primary last month and was on the way out regardless. Still, the contours of her departure have ensured she will be "forever disqualified" from working as a judge in Texas.
In February, the erstwhile judge was suspended without pay by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct over the charges. She faced the possibility of being further disciplined by the judicial ethics board pending the outcome of the criminal case against her.
Now, professional consequences are nil due to the four-page voluntary agreement to resign from judicial office in lieu of disciplinary action reached between Speedlin-Gonzalez and the commission.
