The Hays County Commissioners Court unanimously approved the resignation of Court-at-Law No. 3 Judge Millie Thompson.
Thompson, a Democrat who was voted into office in November 2020, resigned on May 12, leaving a handwritten note on her desk stating, “I hereby resign as judge of Hays County Court at Law #3, effective upon receipt of this resignation.”
Thompson’s tenure on the bench was tumultuous with disagreements between herself and the other judges and staff personnel. Within the first months, she issued a criminal trespassing warning and went as far as to hire a private locksmith to change the locks at her office at the Hays County Government Center and recused herself from several local attorneys cases.
Hays County Court-at-Law Judge Millie Thompson resigned from her post Wednesday, cutting short a contentious working relationship with her court colleagues that was fraught with lawsuits and cease-and-desist orders since she took office in January.
Thompson, a Democrat who ran on a platform of reform and promised a more equitable criminal justice system, turned in a resignation letter Wednesday. The Hays County Commissioners Court will appoint a new judge to the bench, according to an attorney representing the remaining judges.
Thompson did not return a message seeking comment.
A few weeks after Thompson took office, she barred the two other Republican judges she works with from her office via a criminal trespass warning and changed the locks to her office.
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