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AUGUST 9 -- U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller for the Middle District of Alabama is arrested after his wife, Kelli Fuller, called 911 from the Ritz Carlton in downtown Atlanta. About a minute into the call, as the initial dispatcher patches an ambulance dispatcher into the call, the woman identified as Kelli Fuller, 41, can be heard saying 'I hate you, I hate you." A male voice responds: "I hate you too" followed by dull noises in the background. The woman's voice can be heard loudly repeating: "Help me, please. Please help me. He's beating on me." Atlanta police arrested Mark Fuller, 55, and he was released from the Fulton County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
AUGUST 11 – Although scheduled to preside in his own courtroom, a notice posted on the 11th Judicial Circuit's website said all cases pending in Fuller's court will be reassigned to other judges and that no new matters will be assigned to him "until further notice."
AUGUST 20 – Fuller's attorney, Barry Ragsdale, announced Fuller was entering a treatment program. Ragsdale said Fuller already has sought counseling and will check into a treatment program within days. Fuller is seeking a program "that is best for his situation and circumstances," Ragsdale said, but he declined to elaborate on the type Fuller is seeking. "He's embarrassed for this," said Ragsdale, an old friend of Fuller from law school. "He's embarrassed for his colleagues and his family."
AUGUST 21 – AL.com editorial board calls for Fuller to resign. "Federal judges are appointed for life. It gives them the opportunity to take the moral high ground when making tough decisions. But Fuller's actions show his ability to make good decisions is impaired."
AUGUST 25 -- Birmingham attorney Donald Watkins sent a letter to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. In that letter, Watkins complains about a "flagrant display of hypocrisy in the federal judiciary in Alabama" that Watkins says is due to the judges' political stripes. "I will not allow Mark Fuller's sleazy conduct to stain the impeccable record of all of the distinguished men and women who serve this great nation's federal judiciary," Watkins stated in an email to AL.com regarding his letter to Roberts. "As a long-time member of the federal bar, I will do everything within my power to make sure that a violent wife-beater and known philanderer is removed from the federal bench." Fuller's attorney, Barry Ragsdale, responded to Watkins' letter. "Although it is unfortunate that some, particularly Mr. Watkins, have chosen to politicize this incident for their own self-aggrandizement, our focus will continue to be on the intensely personal matters involving Judge Fuller's family and marriage," Ragsdale stated in an email to AL.com.
SEPTEMBER 5 – Fuller accepted a plea deal that will have last month's arrest for beating his wife at an Atlanta hotel expunged if he completes a counseling program. Under the deal, Fuller has to have a drug and alcohol evaluation, Ragsdale said. Fuller has already had one performed by a private counseling service and Ragsdale said he hopes the judge will accept that report. If not, Fuller will undergo an evaluation by a counseling service approved by the court, he said. Fuller also will have to undergo a once a week family and domestic violence program for 24 weeks, Ragsdale said. The judge can undergo that counseling at a court-approved counseling service in Alabama, he said. Once he completes those requirements there will be no charges and the record will be expunged under the deal, Ragsdale said. "It will essentially put him back with a clean record," he said.
SEPTEMBER 10 – U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) calls for Fuller to resign saying all acts of domestic violence are deplorable. "Judge Fuller has violated the public trust and should resign." Within a week, several other members of Alabama's Congressional delegation have joined the chorus. "The American people's trust in our judicial system depends on the character and integrity of those who have the distinct honor of sitting on the bench," U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby said on September . "I believe that Judge Mark Fuller has lost the confidence of his colleagues and the people of the state of Alabama."
SEPTEMBER 18 – As national news coverage of the case increases, Ragsdale declined comment to AL.com on Fuller's future. Ragsdale said Fuller is working through the complaint process initiated by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals following his arrest, a process that could end in a reprimand or a court request for his resignation.
