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As always, the full story is here:
On February 13, 2008, a federal judge rear ended a pickup truck at a traffic light. He was arrested and pleaded no contest to a first offense misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated, ordered to pay $600 in fines, and agreed to a 1 year suspension of his driver’s license. The fact that Robert Somma was a federal judge pushed the story into the mainstream media; the fact that he was wearing women’s clothes pushed it a little bit further.
Following his arrest, Somma resigned from his post:
Gary H. Wente, circuit executive of the US Courts for the First Circuit, declined to discuss Somma’s letter or Carpenter’s comments. Wente had announced Somma’s resignation on Feb. 15, saying the judge had called him from the Caribbean, where he had gone for a previously arranged vacation, and had resigned. At the time, Wente said, the judge had concluded that “it was best to put this behind him.”
On Monday, Wente’s office issued a one-sentence statement saying that Somma’s resignation, scheduled for yesterday, would not become effective until May 15. The statement gave no explanation.
Now, he seems to be slipping back into daily life, withdrawing his resignation and apparently preparing to return to work:
Somma said in a letter to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly posted online yesterday that an outpouring of support from judges, lawyers, and others had led him to conclude, “contrary to my initial belief, that the media frenzy occasioned by this episode would not be an impediment to my continued service as a judge.”
He said he had accepted full responsibility for his arrest and wished to apologize publicly for “that terrible lapse of judgment and the resultant controversy.”
For more details, check out the story on boston.com here