A Superior Court judge who filed a suit claiming he was harassed over the amount of time he spent caring for his handicapped son has filed an amended complaint after being excluded from a Law Day observance.

John Russo Jr. claimed in an amended complaint filed Tuesday that Presiding Criminal Part Judge Wendel Daniels told him on May 2 that he could not join other judges on the dais at a local Law Day event because he filed the suit. Daniels said Russo could only attend the event if he sat in the audience, according to the amended complaint.

Daniels' directive constituted retaliation against Russo for exercising his civil rights, and was in violation of the 14th Amendment, said Russo's attorneys, Amelia Carolla and David Corrigan.