Texas judge grabs internet's attention after confrontation with IT technician

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas -- A justice successful Harris County, Texas is drafting wide criticism, not for a tribunal ruling, but for however helium spoke to a courthouse staffer.

Video that circulated wide online implicit the play shows Judge Nathan Milliron successful a tense speech with an IT idiosyncratic who had travel to assistance with a machine contented successful the courtroom.

In the video, you tin spot the justice getting terse arsenic the IT technician seemed to gag that the machine contented was a "false alarm."

"No, it wasn't a mendacious alarm," the justice said, who past admonished the staffer, "Don't gag around. I'm superior astir this. It was happening. Get retired of my courtroom!"

After telling the staffer to get retired of his courtroom, the justice tin beryllium seen commenting to himself, "Jesus Christ, sick and bushed of this (expletive) today."

Judge Milliron, who has served connected the seat since January 2025, declined to remark connected the incidental erstwhile approached successful the courtroom connected Monday.

He besides did not let cameras wrong his courtroom, wherever helium was presiding implicit proceedings successful the 215th District Court.

The Harris County District Court Administration confirms that the IT staffer works for that department.

Several judges, speaking disconnected camera, described him arsenic adjuvant and well-liked. They told KTRK-TV that the young antheral is called upon often to assistance judges with a assortment of method issues successful their courtrooms, and ever strives to conscionable bash the job.

Retired justice Mike Schneider did not remark straight connected the incident, but emphasized that judges are expected to conscionable a higher modular of behavior.

"Judges are required to beryllium patient, dignified, and courteous to everyone. Witnesses, lawyers, anyone successful their authoritative capacity," Schneider said.

He noted that concerns astir a judge's behaviour tin beryllium reported to the State Commission connected Judicial Conduct, which reviews complaints and determines whether further enactment is necessary. However, those complaints are not made public.

According to disposable records, Milliron has not been sanctioned by the commission. It is besides chartless whether immoderate confirmed complaints person been filed successful transportation with this incidental oregon immoderate different incident, since the complaints are not public.

However, a speedy net hunt volition amusement the justice is nary alien to arguable comments from the seat connected a assortment of issues.

Because Milliron is an elected judge, section tribunal administrators bash not person the authorization to subject him. However, the civilian court's administrative judge, Judge Rabeea Collier, issued a connection Monday afternoon:

"We are alert of the concerns raised regarding caller wide circulated footage involving a subordinate of our Civil Division. The behaviour of everyone serving successful the judicial strategy indispensable bespeak the professionalism, respect, and impartiality that the nationalist rightly expects.

While it would beryllium inappropriate to remark connected circumstantial matters that whitethorn beryllium taxable to review, I privation to guarantee the nationalist that we instrumentality these concerns seriously. The Civil Trial Division is committed to maintaining a workplace grounded successful respect and to upholding the integrity of the judicial process.

There are established procedures to code concerns astir judicial conduct, and those processes beryllium to guarantee fairness, accountability, and owed information of each applicable facts.

In the meantime, our absorption remains connected serving the assemblage with fairness, dignity, and respect for each who travel earlier the Civil Division."