Roy Pearson started legal action claiming Custom Cleaners lost a pair of suit trousers he took in for $10 alterations two years ago.
The cleaners' lawyers offered to pay Pearson, an administrative law judge for the District of Columbia, as much as $12,000 to end the row.
But astonishingly Pearson is pressing ahead through the courts with the unbelievable claim for $65,462,500.
He claims he is owed the money because he has devoted more than 1,000 hours to representing himself in this on-going battle.
He also insists he has been put through "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort".
And he says that, because he does not have a car, he will now have to rent one just to get his clothes cleaned at another company further away.
Ki, Jin and Soo Chung, the family that owns Custom Cleaners, insists they have constantly tried to reach a satisfactory settlement to keep Pearson happy.
And amazingly they have always insisted they have his trousers waiting for him — although he insists they are not the same ones he dropped off.
A judge involved in the case, DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz, has said that "the court has significant concerns that the plaintiff is acting in bad faith" because of "the breathtaking magnitude of the expansion he seeks."
And the Chungs' attorney Chris Manning said: "This case shocks me on a daily basis.
Pearson should be jailed for such a frivilous lawsuit as well as potentially jeopardizing the Chungs' livelihood. God forbid that the Chungs' seek compensation for their monetary loss and inconvenience.
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Judge's pants lost, he sues for $65 million
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