( CNN ) -- Alabama lawmakers are calling on U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller to resign over allegations that he hit his wife `` several times with a closed fist '' in an Atlanta hotel room in August . U.S. Sens . Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby of Alabama released separate statements Thursday calling for Fuller 's resignation . Shelby said Fuller has `` lost the confidence of his colleagues and the people of the state of Alabama . '' Sessions said Fuller 's `` unacceptable personal conduct violates the trust that has been placed in him . '' According to a police report obtained by CNN , Fuller 's wife , Kelli , suffered `` lacerations to her mouth and forehead '' in the August 9 incident at the downtown Atlanta Ritz-Carlton hotel . He also grabbed his wife `` by her hair , pulling it out , '' the report says , leading her to suffer `` bruises on her ankle , thigh and knee from being dragged . '' Fuller 's wife was `` treated on scene by ( paramedics ) but refused to be transported to the hospital , '' according to news release from the Atlanta Police Department . Fuller spent the night an Atlanta jail after being charged with misdemeanor battery in the alleged domestic violence incident . Earlier this month , he accepted a pretrial diversion without having to admit guilt . The program , typical for first-time domestic dispute offenders , involves a substance abuse assessment and counseling . Fuller 's wife was heard on 911 calls telling dispatchers , `` Help me , please . Please , help me . He 's beating on me . '' She agreed to the terms of the pretrial diversion . Following his acceptance into the pretrial diversion program , Fuller said in a statement to CNN , `` I deeply regret this incident and look forward to working to resolve this issue with my family , where they should be resolved . I look forward to completing the family counseling that I voluntarily began several weeks ago and to successfully completing the requirements of the diversion . '' Toobin : Wife-beating is not a private matter . U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell , D-Alabama , compared Fuller 's infractions to recent incidents in the National Football League . `` If an NFL player can lose his job because of domestic violence then a federal judge should definitely not be allowed to keep his life-time appointment to the federal bench , '' she said in a statement . Sewell said she would support moving forward on an impeachment if Fuller does n't resign . Fuller 's attorney said calls for his client 's resignation are `` unwarranted '' and said drawing conclusions between Fuller and the `` Ray Rice case ... represents a failure of critical thinking . '' Immediately following Fuller 's arrest , all of his cases were reassigned to other judges , his attorney Barry Ragsdale told CNN , and `` no cases are coming to him . '' His return to the bench is `` all dependent on when the 11th circuit court investigation is done , '' Ragsdale said . Fuller was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in 2002 . LZ Granderson : Congress , you can impeach Mark Fuller .
U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller is accused of hitting his wife `` several times with a closed fist '' Sen. Richard Shelby : He 's `` lost the confidence of his colleagues and the people '' of Alabama . Sen. Jeff Sessions : His `` conduct violates the trust that has been placed in him '' Rep. Terri Sewell says if Fuller does n't resign , she 'll back an impeachment effort .