County Court-at-law No. 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez was suspended without pay by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct a week after she was arrested on charges of official oppression and unlawful restraint of a San Antonio defense attorney.
The suspension order, issued Thursday morning, states that it will remain in effect until Speedlin Gonzalez’s criminal cases are dismissed, she is acquitted, or another order is issued by the commission.
The charges made against the judge stem from a year-old incident in which Speedlin Gonzalez had San Antonio defense attorney Elizabeth Russell handcuffed in court after a disagreement…