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Two Catoosa County magistrate judges involved in a fracas Wednesday weren’t at work Friday, but they haven’t been suspended, either.
The chairman of Georgia’s Judicial Qualifications Commission, which oversees judges’ conduct, said there hasn’t been time to investigate what happened between Magistrate Anthony Peters and Chief Magistrate Sonny Caldwell.
The two got into a confrontation Wednesday in the Catoosa County Courthouse and Judge Peters was taken from the building in handcuffs, then held in Catoosa County Jail before being released without charges.
On Monday, Judge Peters was removed as Ringgold city judge.