Longtime Fargo municipal court judge hospitalized

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The family of longtime Fargo Municipal Court Judge Thomas Davies says Davies is battling severe pancreatitis.

The Forum newspaper reports that Davies has been hospitalized for more than a week. He was listed in guarded condition on Thursday.

The 72-year-old Davies is the son of former federal judge Ronald Davies, who is famous for his rulings in 1957 to integrate the public schools in Little Rock, Ark.