A morbidly obese judge didn't turn up to his $193,000 job for three years because he was too fat.

Acting New York Supreme Court Judge Daniel J. McCullough, 65, stepped down last month after an ethics body found he 'persistently failed to report to work' since April 2014 instead of going on medical leave.

He earned full pay even though other judges were forced to pick up the slack in his absence.

Acting New York Supreme Court Judge Daniel J. McCullough (pictured), 65, stepped down last month after an ethics body found he 'persistently failed to report to work'

But the judge will still be entitled to his full $143,000-a-year pension.

Judge McCullough had served as a judge of the New York Court of Claims and an Acting Justice of the New York Supreme Court since 2010.

His current term would have expired on May 29, 2019.

Commission Administrator Robert H. Tembeckjian said: 'By any reasonable standard, three years is too long for a judge to be out of work, with no end in sight, while others absorb his caseload.

'Appropriately, after the matter was brought to our attention, Judge McCullough chose to retire voluntarily, and we wish only the best for him and his family.'

Judge McCullough had served as a judge of the New York Court of Claims and an Acting Justice of the New York Supreme Court (pictured) since 2010

'He was basically forced out,' a court told the New York Post.

McCullough, who reportedly weighs around 300 pounds, suffers from morbid obesity, herniated disks in his lower back and intestinal bleeding.

Roger Adler, of Roger Bennet Adler, P.C. who represented McCullough, said his client's health conditions 'were so severe and pervasive that it drove him from one of the things he enjoyed the most. His resignation constituted a sad acknowledgement that he was unlikely to fully recover sufficient to perform his judicial duties. ... He did the right thing,' according to the New York Law Journal.