Texas decide Nathan Milliron orders legal professional to look in courtroom after criticizing him for berating IT employee in viral video
A Texas decide who was caught belittling an IT employee in a now-viral video has ordered an legal professional who demanded he apologize over his conduct to look in courtroom.
Lawyer James Stafford recalled seeing Harris County Decide Nathan Milliron’s outburst on Reddit, the place the Justice of the Peace talked down a technician who had helped him with a pc problem, in line with the pair’s e mail change obtained by Houston Public Media.
“I hope you issued him an apology for the best way you handled him,” Stafford wrote. “I hope you had been simply having a nasty day and this isn’t your typical judicial temperament. Have an excellent weekend.”
In response, Milliron accused the lawyer of “ex parte” communication and ordered him to look earlier than him in courtroom. Ex parte communication happens when one social gathering in a authorized continuing contacts a decide with out the opposite events’ data, in line with the outlet.
“You in all probability shouldn’t be speaking with a Decide, ex parte, on his judicial e-mail handle,” Milliron wrote. “As an officer of this Courtroom, you might be ORDERED to look earlier than this Courtroom on April 10, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. to debate additional.”
The legal professional fired again in a follow-up e mail, arguing he had “no instances in your Courtroom, thus this isn’t ex parte however merely a voter exercising one’s freedom of speech regarding what some would contemplate offensive decorum in your courtroom.”
Stafford informed ABC13 he won’t seem earlier than Milliron — insisting his e mail calling out the decide’s habits doesn’t qualify as ex parte.
Milliron landed in sizzling water earlier this week after a viral video confirmed him shedding his cool on an IT staffer who was making an attempt to assist him repair an audio drawback in his courtroom.
When the employee knowledgeable him the problem had been resolved, Milliron grew to become visibly irritated after the staffer referred to the issue as a “false alarm.”
In an try to lighten the temper, the IT technician known as it a “false adverse,” prompting Milliron to curtly thank him earlier than ordering him out of the courtroom.
After the technician left, Milliron ordered somebody off digital camera to “discover his supervisor.”
“Jesus Christ. I’m sick and bored with this bulls–t right now,” he mentioned within the viral clip.
As the primary video continued to make rounds on-line, a second clip emerged Tuesday displaying Milliron shedding his mood with a protection legal professional mid-hearing in one other tense courtroom change.
Within the clip, shared on X, Milliron cuts off the legal professional mid-explanation, telling her she’s “losing [his] time this morning.”
The legal professional pushes again, arguing there’s an overlapping problem within the case, however Milliron shuts her down and denies the movement outright.
As she makes an attempt to make her case, Milliron instructs his deputy to take away her from the courtroom — then threatens to have her “cuffed.”
“Jesus Christ, these folks right now,” he shouts as she steps again and out of view of the digital camera.
“Step away! You’re about to be cuffed!” he shouts whereas pointing on the lawyer.
Milliron has served on the bench within the 215th District Courtroom since January 2025, ABC13 reported.
Whereas his conduct sparked a storm of backlash, his standing as an elected decide shields Milliron from disciplinary motion by native courtroom directors.
Decide Rabeea Collier, the civil courtroom’s administrative decide, launched an announcement to the outlet Monday saying the courtroom is conscious of the video.
Collier added that the “Civil Trial Division is dedicated to sustaining a office grounded in respect and to upholding the integrity of the judicial course of.”
