Some info on the judge:
U.S. District Court Judge Gerald Bruce Lee
Lee was nominated to his present position as U.S. District Judge by President Bill Clinton on May 22, 1998, and received his commission on October 1, 1998.
As an attorney, Judge Lee was involved in a number of notable cases. He was one of the first to assert the battered woman defense in a murder case in 1978 and his client was acquitted of murder.
BJ: "Send me"
Lifelong Democrat,Figures.....