Texas attorney Doug Froneberger has filed a judicial misconduct complaint against a judge who allegedly demanded him to appear in court as his wife was hospitalized with terminal cancer.

"It is a shame that you do not understand family who are fighting for their lives," Froneberger wrote in an email to Bell County Justice of the Peace Pct. 4, Place 1 Judge Daryl Peters.

Froneberger's complaint alleged that Peters violated judicial ethics rules that require judges to be professional and courteous.