(AJC) — The state’s judicial watchdog agency is poised to bring charges against several judges, but may not be able to do so because its budget is running dry, Executive Director Jeff Davis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Judicial Qualifications Commission, the small state agency that investigates judges, has just $1,600 left in its budget for investigations and prosecutions through fiscal year 2011, which ends June 30. In an interview Tuesday, Davis declined to identify the judges the seven-member commission may pursue, citing the JQC’s requirement that cases remain confidential until formal charges are filed. If charges cannot be filed, the cases will be delayed, and a number of suspect judges will remain on the bench, he said.
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