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ATTORNEY FOR HON. THOMAS J. FELTS, JUDGE J. Frank Kimbrough Fort Wayne, Indiana

ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS Margaret Babcock Adrienne L. Meiring Indianapolis, Indiana

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Indiana Supreme Court
_________________________________ No. 02S00-0901-JD-26 IN THE MATTER OF THE HONORABLE THOMAS J. FELTS, JUDGE IN THE ALLEN CIRCUIT COURT _________________________________ JUDICIAL DISCIPLINARY ACTION _________________________________ March 11, 2009 Per Curiam.

In the

FILED
Mar 11 2009, 2:31 pm
of the supreme court, court of appeals and tax court

CLERK

This matter comes before the Court as a result of a judicial disciplinary action brought by the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications ("Commission") against Respondent herein, Thomas J. Felts, Judge in the Allen Circuit Court. Article 7, Section 4 of the Indiana

Constitution and Indiana Admission and Discipline Rule 25 give the Indiana Supreme Court original jurisdiction over this matter. Subsequent to the filing of formal charges by the Commission, the parties jointly tendered a "Statement of Circumstances and Conditional Agreement for Discipline" in which the parties have stipulated to the following facts. On Friday, July 18, 2008, Respondent was arrested and subsequently charged in the Marion Superior Court with operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent of at least .15 gram of alcohol per either 100 milliliters of the person's blood or 210 liters of the person's breath, a Class A misdemeanor, see Ind. Code

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