Updated Tuesday, 3:19 p.m. PST

Sounds like someone needs a nap....

Bradlee Dean is seeking D.C. Superior Court Judge Joan Zeldon’s recusal from his case against Rachel Maddow, MSNBC, and the Minnesota Independent, after she ruled that Dean must pay nearly $25,000 in legal fees.

“Judges are to enforce the law, not to defend lawbreakers and then award them money,” Dean said in a statement Tuesday.

More of Dean (and his lawyer's) extended whine after the jump.