The 66-year-old Aguilar, a Democrat first elected to the bench in 2018, was arrested early Dec. 31 after an alcohol-fueled altercation at his Galveston residence. Other judges are handling his docket in Harris County this week.
The 5-year-old case is being transferred due to a conflict of interest related to a previous professional association between Judge Jeth Jones and another attorney-turned-judge who met with Dimitrios Pagourtzis in the immediate aftermath of the deadly 2018 shooting spree.
A judge in Galveston County ordered Dimitrios Pagourtzis, charged with capital murder of multiple persons and aggravated assault of a public servant in a 2018 school shooting in the Houston area, to remain at a state-run hospital for up to 12 more months.