Apparently the committee responsible for determining whether or not he should be reappointed is having doubts about his judgment. Go figure.

By the middle of next week, Roy Pearson, the D.C. administrative law judge who sued his neighborhood dry cleaners for $54 million and lost, will receive a letter that starts the process of putting him out of a job.

City sources tell me that a marathon meeting of the commission that reviews the performance of administrative law judges (ALJs) ended last night with unanimous agreement to meet again next Monday to revise and finalize the wording of a letter that will state the panel’s doubts about granting Pearson the 10-year reappointment that he has been seeking throughout the last months of his battle against Custom Cleaners and its owners, the Chung family.

Apparently “He’s a frickin’ idiot” isn’t sufficient justification. Of course Pearson hasn’t exactly gone out of his way to win the sympathy of members of the committee:

The panel had expected to complete work on the Pearson case last night, but discussions were complicated by a series of conflicting recommendations to the Commission on Selection and Tenure of ALJs by the chief ALJ, Tyrone Butler.

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after Butler came back with a pro-Pearson letter, Pearson sent a series of emails within the ALJ staff disparaging the chief judge, calling him “evil” and mean-spirited. That helped sway Butler to switch yet again, to a recommendation against reappointment.

Here’s a hint Judge Pearson – If your entire profession has just been subjected to ridicule because of your actions it might be wise to suck up to the guy writing the recommendation to keep you employed.

What is even more astounding is gazelle like speed and razor like precision with which the committee has acted in this case. By the middle of next week they may issue a letter that might start proceedings to remove the judge because his “zeal” in pursuing a $54,000,000 lawsuit over a pair of $100 dollar pants might have brought discredit to the legal establishment.

Way to take a stand people.

source: Washington Post

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