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In re Inquiry Concerning A No. 104 Stafford Governor Bullock4/5/1989
hind him, after Karpovich, at respondent's request, removed his foot from the doorsill.
After careful consideration, we conclude respondent's conduct, while not the most propitious and even if characterized as intemperate, is, nevertheless, not so egregious as to amount to conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute within the meaning of N.C.G.S. § 7A-376. Not every intemperate outburst of a judge, especially when it is an isolated, single event, occurring in the privacy of the judge's office and brought on by what the judge might reasonably have perceived to be some provocation, amounts to conduct deserving of discipline. To rule otherwise would be asking judges to be more than they can be; it would be asking them to be more than human. We think respondent's outbursts toward Karpovich fall in the category of those not deserving of discipline. The Court, accordingly, rejects the recommendation of the Commission that respondent be censured.
Now, therefore, it is, pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-376, -377 and Rule 3 of the Rules for Supreme Court Review of Recommendations of the Judicial Standards Commission, ordered that the recommendation of the Commission that Judge Stafford G. Bullock be censured be and it is hereby rejected.
Done by the Court in conference this the 5th day of April 1989.
Whichard, J., For the Court
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