Time for a brief update on Scott Blauvelt, aka the Naked Prosecutor. Over the long holiday weekend, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported:

A former city prosecutor who was fired for taking nude after-hours strolls in a public building has won a court victory in his battle to get his job back.

Scott Blauvelt, 36, is entitled to civil-service job protection, Visiting Judge Thomas Nurre ruled in a decision filed June 25 in Butler County Common Pleas Court.

The decision, if it stands, means Blauvelt would be entitled to have a civil service panel consider whether to rehire him.

City Law Director Hillary Stevenson says she disagrees with Nurre's analysis of Blauvelt's job situation and will seek a reversal from the Ohio 12th District Court of Appeals in Middletown.

C'mon, Hill -- is this really worth taking an appeal over? According to Blauvelt's attorney, the nude strolling won't happen again:

Blauvelt's lawyer, Mike Gmoser, says Blauvelt has overcome the mental problems that fueled his odd behavior, and he's back to work as a criminal defense lawyer in Hamilton....

Gmoser says Blauvelt's aberrant behavior could be partly blamed on side effects of a medication used to treat depression and seizures. Blauvelt was taking that medicine before he was found nude in a near-fatal Indiana car wreck in 2005, Gmoser previously said. Blauvelt suffered a severe brain injury in that wreck, which also influenced his behavior, Gmoser said.

"These issues are in the past for Scott," Gmoser said Thursday.

But even if they weren't, we'd still support rehiring Blauvelt. A prosecutor who does his best thinking while pacing around the office in the buff would make for fun television -- and David E. Kelley could use another hit right now.

Nude stroller wants job back [Cincinnati Enquirer]
Naked Prosecutor Wants Job Back [Local 12 / WKRC-TV]

Earlier: Prior ATL coverage of Scott Blauvelt (scroll down)