A judicial panel weighing the fate of the D.C. administrative law judge who sued a dry cleaners for $54 million over a pair of missing pants adjourned Wednesday night without deciding whether to fire him. The panel was expected to reach a decision early next week.

“We do not want to rush to any judgment at all,” said D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert Rigsby, a member of the panel reviewing the case. “It is important that we get this right for many reasons.”