A municipal judge who denied public defenders to two criminal defendants, and tried them without a prosecutor while stepping into that role himself, is facing a Supreme Court reprimand.

The state Supreme Court on Monday issued an order to show cause to Louis DiLeo, Linden’s former judge, based on the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct’s findings that he failed to be impartial, to be faithful to the law, and to uphold the judiciary’s integrity and independence, violating canons of ethics.