*  "ESPY" Award Winning Athlete Inspires Troubled Teen To Follow His Dreams    November  5,  2004  - Kyle Maynard, one of the top high school wrestlers in Georgia   who   is  afflicted  with  a  rare  disorder  called  "congenital amputation,"  serves as an inspirational mentor on the syndicated courtroom television   series  from  Sony  Pictures  Television,  JUDGE  HATCHETT  on Thursday, November 18, 2004 (check local listings for station and time).    Maynard,  who posted a 3-2 record at the 2004 Georgia High School Wrestling Championships,  measures  just over two feet tall, weighs approximately 103 pounds and  has  no  elbows or knees.      He was enlisted to intervene and spend some  time  with  a  16-year-old  from Cleveland, TN named Michael, who was brought  into  Judge  Hatchett's courtroom by his mother Dawn O'Neill.  His mom  says  that her son is hellbent on being a thug.  She says he's running with   a   gang,   doing  and  selling  drugs  and  even  "punched  out"  a schoolteacher.    Dawn   says   Michael  "couldn't  care  less"  about  the consequences of his reckless behavior and even got his girlfriend pregnant. And  although  Michael  was  once a star wrestler and gifted artist, she is worried that the path he is on will lead him to jail.    Michael  is  introduced to Kyle Maynard during wrestling practice.  The two teenagers  spend time running wrestling-drills, lifting weights and working out.   After  their  workout,  Kyle  opened  up  to Michael about his early failure  in wrestling - losing 35 matches in a row.  He tells Michael about the  frustrations  he  has  experienced  through  his  life  because of his disability  by saying, "when things aren't going your way, its easy to give up."   However,  it's  clear to Michael that Kyle Maynard has not given up. Although  afflicted  with a severe disability, he types, plays video games, and  is  a  wrestling  champ!   Michael  is clearly touched by the time and stories that Kyle has shared with him, and expresses his desire to turn his life around and stay out of trouble.    Judge  Glenda  Hatchett  served  as  a  judge  for  nine years in Georgia's juvenile  court  system.   During  her  tenure on the bench, Judge Hatchett pioneered  an  effective  method  for  communicating  with  truants through intervention,  thus  modernizing  the  state's  juvenile  court  sentencing procedures.   Today,  by  incorporating  this  program into her self-titled series,  in which litigants "do time" with community leaders and others who have  found  success  in  the  professional  work  force,  the arts, social activism,   public  service  and  athletics,  she  sentences  litigants  to positive,  life-altering  experiences,  which  also impact the lives of her viewers.    Sony  Pictures  Television  is  one  of  the  television industry's leading content  providers.   SPT produces and distributes top-rated, award-winning programming   in   every   genre,   including  series,  movies  and  family entertainment  for  network  and  cable  television;  first-run  syndicated series;  off-network  syndicated  programs; and theatrical releases.  SPT (www.sonypicturestelevision.com) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.