Former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Stephen Thomas Millan is no longer in hot water with the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission after vacating the bench during an ethics probe.

The JQC, which investigates alleged misconduct by Florida state judges, voluntarily dismissed its ethics case after Millan’s Aug. 3 resignation from office. The move relies on Rule 9.35(b) of the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, which allows the group to drop formal charges if a judge steps down from his post.