The state agency that oversees state judges asked the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday to take the final step to remove a North Georgia magistrate, Channel 2 Action News reports.
Catoosa County Magistrate Anthony Peters has not appealed the May 10 ruling by the Judicial Qualifications Commission that Peters be removed from the bench. He had 30 days to do so.
The commission also recommended that Peters be prohibited from ever again holding or seeking elected judicial office in Georgia.
Peters used drugs and engaged in volatile and erratic behavior, the commission said. Its report followed a two-day trial in April during which Peters sought to keep his job.
At trial, Peters said he became addicted to prescription opiates after being seriously injured in a 2005 all-terrain vehicle accident. He admitted smoking marijuana from March through May of last year in an attempt to stay off the narcotics.
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