By Caitlyn Cummings

In an 85-page complaint filed in the Alabama Court of the Judiciary by the Judicial Inquiry Commission, District Judge Stuart Smith was charged with failing to carry out his duties as a judge, delaying the issuing of rulings and orders, dismissing juvenile cases without appointing a guardian to represent the children during the case, and failing to file mandatory six-month reports with the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts (AOC).