{"id":443266,"date":"2026-09-21T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443266\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:00:08","slug":"judge-dismisses-request-to-oust-ohare-by-radical-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443266\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge dismisses request to oust O\u2019Hare by \u2018radical activist\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A petition to remove Republican Tarrant County Judge Tim O\u2019Hare from office was dismissed Monday morning by a district court judge. The ouster request was filed by former state Rep. Lon Burnam, who O\u2019Hare\u2019s campaign called a \u201cradical activist,\u201d after he was kicked out and arrested for disturbing an Aug. 4 Commissioners Court meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Judge James Johnson, of the 431st Judicial District Court, dismissed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/politics-government\/article317251295.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the petition<\/a> because the facts presented by Burnam were not \u201csufficient to constitute official misconduct or incompetency,\u201d according to the legal document.<\/p>\n<p>Burnam has a related lawsuit against O\u2019Hare and the county in federal court as well as a request to dismiss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/politics-government\/article316860229.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">charges placed against him<\/a> for disrupting a meeting and disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The 73-year-old was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/politics-government\/article316763731.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ejected from the Comissioners Court<\/a> meeting by O\u2019Hare for picking up the public comment microphone during his allotted minute. Burnam did so as a form of protest because O\u2019Hare kicked out another speaker, Base Mego, shortly before for picking up the microphone as a soothing tactic. Mego has autism and had gotten prior permission to hold the microphone.<\/p>\n<p>When O\u2019Hare told sheriff\u2019s deputies to remove Burnam, he laid on the floor and the deputies had to carry him out by his limbs.<\/p>\n<p>The Monday dismissal does not require O\u2019Hare to respond to the filing, as requested by Burnam. O\u2019Hare\u2019s campaign called the decision a win for the county judge.<\/p>\n<p>Burnam\u2019s defense attorney, Tiffany Burks, did not respond to the Star-Telegram\u2019s request for comment. Burks is running against Republican District Attorney Phil Sorrells for his county seat in the November election.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/301084309\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790020808_949_RACHEL_ROYSTER.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Rachel Royster\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/301084309\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Royster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Rachel Royster is a news and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, specifically focused on Tarrant County. 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She welcomes any and all news tips to her email.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A petition to remove Republican Tarrant County Judge Tim O\u2019Hare from office was dismissed Monday morning by a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-443266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}