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Indiana Supreme Court
IN THE MATTER OF L. BENJAMIN PFAFF, JUDGE OF ELKHART SUPERIOR COURT NO. 1 ) ) ) ) Cause No. 20S00-0501-JD-14

PUBLISHED ORDER ACCEPTING RESIGNATION L. Benjamin Pfaff, Judge of Elkhart Superior Court No. 1, is the respondent in a judicial disciplinary proceeding initiated by the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications. Masters, whom we appointed to conduct a hearing per Admission and Discipline Rule 25(VIII)(I), submitted a report containing their findings and conclusions and unanimously recommending Judge Pfaff's removal from office. Thereafter, the Commission filed its Recommendation, see Admis. Disc. R. 25(VIII)(O), which also requested Judge Pfaff's removal. Accordingly, we entered an order suspending Judge Pfaff from office with pay pending resolution of this matter, see Admis. Disc. R. 25(V)(B), which automatically operated to suspend Judge Pfaff from the practice of law pending further order of this Court, see Ind. Const. art. 7,

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