The complaint was filed in secret. The public was not told that a Norfolk judge may have acted improperly. A government agency investigated the judge in secret. There was no public record. A misconduct hearing was called in secret. The location was kept quiet. The agency would not confirm the judge's name or even that it was meeting. Witnesses against the judge were called in secret. Subpoenas were not filed in open court, as they are in criminal cases. The witnesses' testimony may never be known. They were urged not to talk after the hearing. A newspaper reporter who showed up was asked the leave the building, a Holiday Inn. The reporter stayed out in the hallway. And in the end, Judge Luther C. Edmonds of Norfolk Circuit Court resigned under pressure. That was nearly two weeks ago, and still, nothing is known officially about the case, and probably nothing ever will be. Edmonds will go back to his private law practice in Virginia Beach and he will be eligible for a ju