MT HR4

Censures Bozeman Municipal Judges J. Colleen Herrington and Karolina Tierney for official misconduct and malfeasance, and calls for their immediate resignation

Alleges the judges illegally suspended bail bondsman John Looney's bonding privileges in June 2024, despite authority to suspend licenses resting solely with the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance

Alleges the judges demanded Looney withdraw his Judicial Standards Commission complaints against them as a condition for restoring his bonding privileges, which the resolution characterizes as extortion

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy issued a preliminary injunction on October 25, 2024, requiring the judges to resume accepting Looney's bail bonds, and on March 17, 2025, denied the judges' claim of judicial immunity

Directs the Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to both judges and the Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court