HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice facing possible removal from the bench over his role in trading salacious and objectionable e-mails asked a state judicial ethics court Tuesday to consider a deal that could resolve his case.

Lawyers for Justice Michael Eakin asked for a hearing by the full six-judge Court of Judicial Discipline on a proposed agreement reached with the lawyers prosecuting his case.

A three-judge panel refused last month to even allow lawyers to lay out details of the proposal, which have not been made public.

Eakin lawyer Bill Costopoulos declined to disclose the details Tuesday.

Judicial Conduct Board attorney Frank Puskas, one of three lawyers prosecuting the ethics case against Eakin, did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

Eakin has been on the state’s highest court since 2002. He is accused of acting in ways that brought disrepute upon the judicial system by sending or responding to e-mails that included photos of naked women, sexually suggestive themes, and antigay content.

Associated Press