The entire transcript is online here at Kabuki Village.

THE DEFENDANT: Good afternoon, Your Honor.

11 THE COURT: Yeah, it is good afternoon. It’s

12 2:00. You were suppose to be here at 1:30. The

13 last time —

14 THE DEFENDANT: I apologize, Your Honor.

15 THE COURT: — this matter was up, you

16 showed up at 1:45. I admonished you that the

17 courtroom starts at 1:30. The complaining witness

18 last time was here at 1:30.

19 I struck the warrant at that time that

20 had previously been issued because the complaining

21 witness was still here.

22 THE SHERIFF: Mr. Grodner, put your hands

23 behind your back.

24 THE COURT: You were warned once. I got a

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1 message that you were — you didn’t want to come

2 here because you wanted to wait for the press to

3 leave.

4 I don’t run my courtroom that way. You

5 have no regard for the Court. Bail is increased to

6 $20,000. Take him into custody.

7 State, I’ll either give him the eight-day

8 date; or, you folks can talk to him and see if he

9 wants to work something out.

10 THE DEFENDANT: We already have something

11 worked out, Your Honor.

12 THE COURT: Take him into custody. They can

13 talk to him through there.

14 THE SHERIFF: Let’s go, Mr. Grodner.

15 (WHEREUPON THE

16 DEFENDANT TAKEN

17 INTO CUSTODY.)

And–

[THE COURT] You probably also wondered why there was

17 a whole crowd of people here today, Mr. Grodner.

18 THE DEFENDANT: I don’t want wonder.

19 THE COURT: That’s because there is a little

20 principle that the Marine Corps has and has had

21 since 1775, when they had fought and lost their

22 lives so that people like you could enjoy the

23 freedom of this country; and, that is a little

24 proverb that we follow: “That no Marine is left

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1 behind.”

2 So, Sergeant McNulty couldn’t be here;

3 but, other Marines showed in his stead. Take him

4 away.

Judge William O’Malley for SCOTUS! Read the whole thing.

Update (MM): Background here and here.