A former Judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaners over a missing pair of pants is suing to get his job back and $1 million in damages.

Roy Pearson filed the suit in Federal Court, claiming he was wrongfully dismissed for exposing corruption within the Office of Administration Hearings where he worked as an administrative judge. Pearson said he was protected as a whistle-blower and that the city used the fact that he was being "vilified in the media" to cut him out of his job.

The city, however, says his term was up and officials decided not to renew it. The city's general counsel wrote that Pearson's term as an administrative law judge expired in May 2007, and the D.C. Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges voted not to reappoint him. 

Pearson's lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court claimed Custom Cleaners did not live up to Pearson's expectations of "Satisfaction Guaranteed," as advertised in store windows. Initially, Pearson calculated his losses at $67 million but lowered his request to $54 million.

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