As mentioned up thread, Wilkins is said to be a buddy of Sullivans and is an Obama appointee.
Wilkins even played the race card, brought up a politically and emotionally charged hypothetical about blacks that was unrelated to the issue at hand.
Judge Watkins

Watkins was despicable with his “well what if the gov wanted to dismiss because everyone is a racist”
This is something excellent to send normies to start the redpilling:
https://twitter.com/GelicaAF/status/1271298026603196419?s=20