Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Darryl Derbigny, who has served on the bench for more than two decades and has presided over the court’s slowest moving docket, will retire Aug. 1.
Derbigny submitted his resignation letter to the Louisiana Secretary of State on Wednesday, according to a copy of the notarized letter obtained by The Times-Picayune.
The letter, dated July 30, does not offer a reason for his retirement. He did not return a phone call Wednesday evening…