Tales from the Nuthouse: Lest You Think I have a Really Cool Job

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Found this on Consumerist. Look, I know it's Texas, but please tell me he's a retired judge, or that they at least waited to put him back on the bench. If not, then it's one more reason to give Texas back to Mexico.

Can you imagine going up before this guy after his second trip in. "Is that a Sam's Club bag next to your client? Contempt!"

It's a story that sounds too odd to be true, but a judge in Brownsville, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against his local Sam's Club, the store's manager and the store's parent company Walmart Stores Inc., alleging that a bad customer service experience led to his arrest and involuntary commitment to two mental health facilities.

According to the lawsuit, the 46-year-old plaintiff, a municipal judge with 8 years on the bench and 17 years in law, went to purchase some diamond earrings for his wife at Sam's Club. He claims that the Sam's employees questioned his purchase of the pricey earrings and a verbal dispute began, ultimately leading to his arrest and confinement in a mental health facility.

And he's at it again.

The judge was released after two weeks when a court deemed him harmless to himself and others. But only a few days later, after displaying worrisome behavior his friends and family had him hospitalized at a second facility, where he received court-ordered treatment and has since been released.