In several decades of practicing law, I've never appeared before a judge that seemed less inclined to do any--any--wo...
In several decades of practicing law, I've never appeared before a judge that seemed less inclined to do any--any--work in a case, and when he did intervene, his rulings made absolutely no sense and required appeals that prompted the Court of Appeals to say, in essence, "WTF." If you find yourself before him, see if your opponent will agree to settle the dispute by coin flip, throwing someone in the river to see if they float, trial-by-combat, or some other random procedure that (in its randomness) will be more predictable than litigation before this judge. (I jest, but the point is that this judge might be perfectly capable of sound judicial rulings, but I would not know, because I've only see him BS his way through like a student that shows up to class pretending he did the reading.)