A Judge Sat at the Defense Table in Her Own Courtroom as Her Parents Tried to Sue Her

thirty people.

A pause. Then something that might have been a short laugh. Let’s not disappoint him, she said. We file Thursday.

The courtroom was smaller than I had imagined. Wood paneling, fluorescent overhead lighting, an American flag hanging at a slight angle behind the bench. My parents sat on the left with their attorney, a man named Garrett Webb continue reading …