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Anne Arundel County Orphan’s Court Judge Marc Knapp faces a judicial misconduct case.

The Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities held the first hearing Tuesday.

Allegations include bias, harassment, and deleting unauthorized recordings.

Knapp denies misconduct and will present his defense later this month.

Anne Arundel County judge Marc Knapp appeared Tuesday before the state commission that disciplines judges, with his counsel arguing his conflict with a fellow judge was a mere disagreement and that he shouldn’t be sanctioned for his conduct.

Knapp, an elected judge on the Anne Arundel County Orphans’ Court, is facing discipline by the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities for his conduct in an extended conflict with Vickie Gipson, the court’s chief jud

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