I would file a formal complaint against the judge with the Judicial Inquiry Review Board for judicial misconduct.
Focuses on Public Confidence in North Carolina’s Courts and the Role of the Judicial Standards Commission
The North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission was established in 1973 to consider complaints against judges of the state’s General Court of Justice and, where appropriate, to make recommendations for discipline for the following:
District court judges
Superior court judges
Appellate court judges and justices
A criminal complaint for false imprisonment.
Sorry.
His court; his rules.
I would sue him in civil court