Evening, pizza and wood. Judge Izaniec lost his immunity

The ruling was issued by the president of the Supreme Court's Chamber of Professional Responsibility, Maria Szczepaniec. At the same time, Tuesday's decision of the Supreme Court decided to suspend the judge and reduce his remuneration by 50%.

The analysis of the evidence allows us to conclude that there is no doubt that there is a sufficiently justified suspicion that a crime has been committed by the judge, said judge Maria Szczepaniec.

The decision is not final and the defense has the right to file an appeal against it.

Pizza trip

The case concerns an incident that took place in October 2025. Jakub Izaniec, a Warsaw judge and then deputy disciplinary spokesman for judges at the Warsaw District Court, allegedly caused a collision in Rejowiec Fabryczny (Lublin Voivodeship, Chełm County).

In the second half of October last year A request to waive the judge's immunity in this case was submitted to the Supreme Court. According to the National Prosecutor's Office, on October 11, 2025, Judge Izaniec participated in a shooting association event, during which he consumed alcohol, and at approximately 21 was taken to his home in Rejowiec Fabryczny. Several minutes later, the judge ordered a pizza for personal pickup. Izaniec - as PK reported - took the order and stayed in the premises for about 25 minutes.

According to the prosecutor's office, when the judge was returning home, neighbors saw him. The car, which - as a witness of the event told investigators - was driven by Izaniec, "at some point drove off the road onto the sidewalk and then hit a tree three meters away from the neighbors." The car then "turned around, drove onto the road and continued driving, entering the judge's property."

Defense: Judge Izaniec was not driving

The PK informed that on the night of the incident, the judge was taken to hospital, where he was subjected to toxicological tests, which showed that about three hours after the event his blood contained 1.85 per mille of alcohol.

The judge's defense consistently emphasizes that Izaniec was not driving the car, but was its passenger. During Tuesday's Supreme Court session, defense lawyers pointed to a specific person who - according to them - was driving the car.

The prosecutor's office did not prove that the judge was driving the vehicle because it did not conduct any evidentiary proceedings in this regard - emphasized Michał Skwarzyński, defending Izaniec.

He also pointed to – in his opinion – the political background of the case.