Louisiana judge suspended again

NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended Judge Sheva Sims without pay for nine months for acting in an impatient and condescending manner towards a litigant, misusing a court-owned vehicle, improperly advocating for a party during an eviction proceeding and engaging in a pattern of failing to follow the law. The record shows that Sims was suspended in 2015 for improperly holding a prosecutor in contempt for conduct that was not contemptuous, and for impermissibly dismissing 15 crimina