A lawyer hit with a contempt order—upheld this year by the Georgia Supreme Court—has sued DeKalb County Superior Court Judge J.P. Boulee for claims including racial discrimination and being forced into “involuntary servitude” after the judge refused to allow the lawyer to withdraw from the underlying litigation.

The complaint, filed Tuesday by Atlanta solo Michael Mondy, said he attempted to withdraw from the case in July. Instead, Boulee ordered Mondy to continue representing his client, Moses Langford, at least through what was to have been a Dec. 7 trial date.