Walker County Attorney Don Oliver has submitted a response to the lawsuit over salary, filed by out-going State Court Judge Bruce Roberts. That response says,  "Reimburse the county for dismissing 53 traffic cases in a single day." Roberts called that action a "spur of the moment decision – sort of an amnesty thing." Roberts' complaint alleges that the county shorted him 72 thousand dollars in pay, compared to the judge he replaced by appointment. Commissioner Beve Heiskell said she negotiated Roberts' 100 thousand dollar annual salary with him, just after he was appointed to the position by the governor and it was more than he had been making in his law practice. Oliver's response alleges that Roberts threw out tickets in an attempt to potentially cause financial harm to the voters and taxpayers of Walker County who had turned him out of office after his bid for re-election  failed and voters opted for Lafayette attorney Billy Mullinax.  The suit is scheduled for May of next year and will be heard by a judge from Rome.