Took a loaded handgun in carry-on bag into an airport. No one would have been let off the way the judge was, even with a "squeaky clean" record.

Report appears in anonymized 2024 Judicial Tenure Commission Report:

"A judge self-reported the discovery by TSA of a loaded, unregistered handgun in
their bag at an airport. The judge immediately acknowledged to TSA personnel that they
had the handgun and admitted their mistake in carrying a loaded handgun into the
airport.
The judge was licensed to carry a gun. The judge received the gun from a friend.
The judge initially told police that the handgun was registered but retracted that after
learning that the handgun was not registered because the state the friend lived in did
not require registration.
The judge explained to the Commission that they routinely carry a handgun out
of fear for their personal safety. The night before they went to the airport on this occasion
was hectic and stressful for personal reasons, causing the judge to forget to remove the
handgun from their bag before going to the airport.
The judge pled no contest to the misdemeanor of carrying a gun into an airport
and paid a civil penalty as well.
The Commission found that the judge violated Canon 2(B) by failing to observe
the law. In addition, their conduct eroded public confidence in the judiciary because their
arrest was widely reported. Finally, they violated MCR 9.l04(5) by their plea to violation
of a criminal ordinance.
The Commission took into account the judge’s clean discipline record and
Commission precedent in similar situations. On those bases, the Commission dismissed
with an admonition to take all necessary precautions before future travel to the airport
to ensure they have no handgun with them, and to ensure the veracity of any future
statements to the police."

A recent Judicial Tenure Commission complaint accuses Slaven of misdeeds, including:

Calling the chief judge “Shackel-fool” from the bench and seemingly mocking her after she told him to make his face visible during Zoom hearings, where it had been obscured.

He subsequently obscured his face with flowers and a Bible during a session, called her a “control freak” and referred to “clueless” people, the complaint said. Slaven told the commission he simply repeated what an attorney said when he made the first comment and was not referring to the chief judge with the latter comments. The commission qualified those defenses as making false statements.

Promoting the candidacy of Tinney by randomly discussing him and displaying slideshows with his picture while on the bench. He’s also said to have printed 160 copies of Tinney campaign materials and voter precinct maps using court resources.
Recording conversations with Shackelford in 2021 and 2022 and lying about it when she directly asked him if he was recording during one.

Directly disobeying orders from her to not copy court staff on emails with concerns on court policies, then copying them on an email saying her misunderstanding of court rules might be due to a lack of reading comprehension.

Repeatedly failing to follow court rules to wear his black robe, even when prompted by multiple chief judges and a state court administrator. Sometimes he placed it in his lap.
Calling court staff incompetent and threatening contempt.

Driving with expired registration and an illegible license plate.

Mack, an attorney and the former chief judge of the 26th Circuit Court serving Alpena and Montmorency counties, sent one of his clients numerous explicit text messages seeking “suggestive photos” and sexual favors, the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board said in a Thursday order revoking Mack’s law license.

Among several other misdeeds, the Discipline Board also accused Mack of unspecified “professional misconduct” while he presided as judge over a felony case, of encouraging a client who was on probation to drink alcohol, of practicing law while his license was suspended, and of failing to respond to state licensing investigators.

Referred to undocumented individuals as invasive insects during a court proceeding. This is the lesser offense after years of alleged misconduct.

He is now retired.

On August 27, 2024, Oakland County Michigan Probate County Judge Kathleen Ryan was removed from her docket for use of racist and anti-gay language.

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission (JTC) does not appear to have been involved until the recordings were sent to Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Clement.

This is not the first person or organization to seek assistance outside of the JTC. Outside intervention was sought in investigating claims in racist investigatory practices of judges, finding that JTC was harsher in punishing black judges.