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TESTING IN A
SINGLE PERFECT CASE
THE CHECKS ON
FEDERAL JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT
TOUTED BY THE 1993
REPORT OF
THE NATIONAL
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE & REMOVAL
— and documenting their
complete worthlessness
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A public
interest lawsuit
to protect
judicial
whistle-blowing attorneys from judicial retaliation
DORIS L.
SASSOWER,
Plaintiff,
-
v -
HON. GUY MANGANO, PRESIDING
JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION, SECOND DEPARTMENT OF
THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, and
the ASSOCIATE JUSTICES THEREOF, GARY CASELLA and EDWARD
SUMBER, Chief Counsel and Chairman, respectively, of the
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
Does 1-20, being present members thereof, MAX GALFUNT,
being a Special Referee, and G. OLIVER KOPPELL, Attorney
General of the State
of New York, all in their official and personal
capacities,
Defendants.
DISTRICT COURT/SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK
(S.D.N.Y. #94 Civ. 4514
(JES))
PLAINTIFF'S VERIFIED COMPLAINT,
June 20, 1994
Exhibit A: Appellate Division, Second Dept's
June 14, 1991 suspension order
Exhibit
B:
Written Three-Year Deal between Republican
and Democratic Parties of New York’s Ninth Judicial
District, cross-endorsing judicial candidates, commencing in
1989.
DEFENDANTS' ANSWER, January 9, 1995
DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS,
January
19, 1995
Exhibit A:
Rapoport v. Departmental
Disciplinary Committee
Exhibit
B: Mason v. Departmental Disciplinary Committee
Exhibit C:
Maddox v. Mollen, et al.
Exhibit D:
Clouden v. Lieberman
DEFENDANTS' MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION FOR
JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS, January 17, 1995
PLAINTIFF'S
AFFIDAVIT IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR DISMISSAL
ON THE PLEADING AND IN SUPPORT OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN
HER FAVOR, WITH SANCTIONS AGAINST DEFENDANTS, June 23, 1995
Exhibit 1: Plaintiff’s
May 25, 1995 letter to Asst.
A.G., advising of liability for sanctions if Defendants’ false and
fraudulent dismissal motion and Answer were not
withdrawn
Ex. A: Transcript of
March 3, 1995 court proceeding
Ex. B: Plaintiff's annotated "Chronology",
cross-referenced to disciplinary file
Ex. C: Plaintiff’s
March 8, 1994 letter to Defendant
Attorney General Koppell, transmitting disciplinary
file, with annotated Inventory
Ex. D: Plaintiff’s “Critique” of Defendants’
Answer, documenting that over 150 responses were
false and in bad faith
Exhibit 2a: Plaintiff's petition for a writ of
certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in her state
Article 78
proceeding,
Sassower v. Mangano,
February 1995
Exhibit 2b: Defendants' memorandum in opposition to cert
petition, April 10, 1995
Exhibit 2c: Plaintiff's reply memorandum, April
25, 1995
PLAINTIFF'S
RULE 3(g) STATEMENT, June 23, 1995
PLAINTIFF'S
MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR
DISMISSAL ON THE PLEADINGS AND IN SUPPORT OF SUMMARY
JUDGMENT AND SANCTIONS IN PLAINTIFF'S FAVOR, June 23,
1995
PLAINTIFF’S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
WITH TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, which Judge Sprizzo
refused to sign, September 25, 1995
Exhibit A: Defendant 2nd Dept's
June 14, 1991 interim
suspension order
Exhibit B-1: Plaintiff's 1989 Martindale-Hubbell Law
Listing
Exhibit B-2: Letter confirming Plaintiff's election in
1989 as Fellow of American Bar Foundation
Exhibit C: Plaintiff's uncontroverted Rule 3(g)
statement
Exhibit D: Judge Sprizzo's
November 14, 1994 order
Exhibit E: Judge Sprizzo's
December 28, 1994 order
Exhibit F: Judge Sprizzo's
March 6, 1995 order
Exhibit G-1:
Matter of Nuey, 61 NYS2d 512 (1984)
Exhibit G-2:
Matter of Russakoff, 79 NY2d 520
(1992)
Exhibit G-3: 22 NYCRR 691.4
Exhibit H: Plaintiff's
December 14, 1992 affidavit before
2nd Dept demonstrating that her suspension was
a fortiori
to that in Russakoff
Exhibit I-1: Plaintiff's
March 8, 1993 supplemental affidavit
before 2nd Dept. demonstrating, by comparison
to 20 other attorneys suspended in the 2nd Dept, its denial of her due
process & equal protection
rights
Exhibit J-1:
February 27, 1992 order of Judge Griesa suspending
plaintiff from practice in U.S. District
Court/SDNY, predicated on state suspension
Exhibit J-2:
September 11, 1991 order of Judge Griesa
Exhibit J-3: Plaintiff's
October 14, 1991 letter to Judge
Griesa's assistant
Exhibit J-4: Plaintiff's
December 11, 1991 letter to Judge Griesa,
invoking the exception provided by Rule 4 &
requesting
hearing
Exhibit J-5: Plaintiff's
December 19, 1991 letter to Judge Griesa,
reiterating her hearing request & notifying him
of
constitutional challenge presented by
Russakoff
Exhibit J-6: Plaintiff's
January 17, 1992 ltr to Judge Griesa,
reiterating her hearing request & the significance
of Russakoff
Exhibit K-1:
July 30, 1991 letter from NYS Bar Association
Exhibit K-2:
August 9, 1994 letter from Westchester County Bar
Association
Exhibit K-3: Plaintiff's
September 20, 1994 letter to Westchester
County Bar Association
Exhibit K-4: Plaintiff's
October 6, 1994 letter to Westchester
County Bar Association
Exhibit K-5: Plaintiff's
September 21, 1995 letter to Westchester
County Bar Association
Exhibit L: "Barred Attorney Removed From Court",
Gannett, 5/24/95, "Judge Rejects Suit by Suspended Lawyer",
Gannett, 8/4/95
Exhibit M: classified ad, New York Law Journal
Exhibit N: due process violations in Wolstencroft:
from appellate brief & record on appeal
Exhibit O: Plaintiff's
January 10, 1995 affidavit before 2nd
Dept in support of its recusal from Wolstencroft appeals
PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION AND TRO, September 25, 1995
DEFENDANTS' STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S RULE 3(g)
STATEMENT, October 6, 1995
DEFENDANT CASELLA'S AFFIDAVIT,
October 6, 1995
DEFENDANTS' "MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS'
CROSS-MOTION (sic) FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND IN OPPOSITION TO
PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS, October 6, 1995
PLAINTIFF’S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR JUDGE SPRIZZO’S RECUSAL,
PURSUANT
TO 28 USC §§144 AND 455, which Judge Sprizzo refused to sign,
October 26, 1995
Exhibit A: Transcript of
September 28, 1995 court proceeding
Exhibit B:
September 26, 1995 receipt stamp
Exhibit C: Judge Sprizzo's decision in
Mason v.
Departmental Disciplinary Committee
Exhibit D-1: Plaintiff's
August 25, 1995 letter to Judge Sprizzo, requesting pre-motion
conference on August 31,
1995 to present OSC for preliminary injunction with TRO
Exhibit D-2: Plaintiff's
September 12, 1995 letter to Asst. A.G.
confirming 9/22/95 as date for presentment of
OSC
for
preliminary injunction with TRO
Exhibit E-1: Asst. A.G.'s
September 13, 1995 letter advising of his
assignment to case
Exhibit E-2: Asst. A.G's
September 13, 1995 letter to Judge Sprizzo,
requesting he so-order his ltr,
extending defendants' time
Exhibit E-3: Plaintiff's
September 18, 1995 letter to Judge Sprizzo,
detailing Asst. A.G.'s litigation misconduct
& opposing his extension request
Exhibit F-1: Plaintiff's
December 16, 1994 letter to Judge Sprizzo,
detailing Asst. A.G. 's litigation misconduct
Exhibit F-2: Judge Sprizzo's
June 26, 1995 letter to Plaintiff,
advising her that "all further communications with the
Court must be in writing"
Exhibit F-3: Plaintiff's
July 26, 1995 ltr to Judge Sprizzo,
detailing as unwarranted his requirement that she
communicate with the Court only in writing & requesting date to present
for preliminary injunction
with TRO
Exhibit F-4:
August 3, 1995 letter to Plaintiff from Judge Sprizzo's
law clerk, reaffirming court directive & advising to
arrange
a pre-motion conference for her OSC, as required by Judge
Sprizzo's individual rules
Exhibit F-5: Plaintiff's
September 19, 1995 letter to Judge Sprizzo,
detailing the "disparate and discriminatory"
treatment
accorded
her by him & his staff
PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF HER ORDER TO
SHOW CAUSE FOR RECUSAL
[rejected by Judge Sprizzo at the October 27, 1995 date of
presentment of the Order to Show Cause]
PLAINTIFF'S AFFIDAVIT IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF TEMPORARY
INJUNCTION AND SANCTIONS, October 27, 1996
PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF MOTION FOR REARGUMENT,
RECONSIDERATION, AND RENEWAL OF ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
RECUSAL AND FOR OTHER RELIEF,
March 8, 1996
Exhibit A-1: Judge Sprizzo's
March 5, 1996 order
Exhibit A-2:
March 4, 1996 coverletter from Judge Sprizzo's law
clerk
Exhibit B: Transcript of
October 27, 1995 court proceeding
Exhibit C: Plaintiff's unanswered
December 27, 1995 letter to
Judge Sprizzo, detailing his 11/9/95 order as
factually erroneous & legally unsupported & requesting clarification
Exhibit D: Plaintiff's unanswered
January 9, 1996 letter to Judge
Sprizzo, reiterating her request for clarification
of his
November 9, 1995 order & the exigency of injunctive relief
Exhibit E: Plaintiff's
January 23, 1996 letter to Judge Sprizzo,
detailing his prejudicial disregard of her rights by
his refusal to
respond to her
December 27, 1995 and February 9, 1996 letters & his favored
treatment
of defendants
Exhibit F: Plaintiff's
March 5, 1996 letter to Judge Sprizzo,
protesting his prejudicial conduct & request that it be
accepted in lieu of formal motion as a renewal of her
October 27, 1995 motion
for his recusal
DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS PURSUANT TO FRCP 41(b), March 8, 1996
DEFENDANTS' MEMORANDUM OF LAW, March 7, 1996
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER,
May 21, 1996
JUDGMENT,
May 24, 1996
SECOND CIRCUIT COURT
OF APPEALS
(#96-7805)
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT'S NOTICE OF APPEAL,
June 27, 1996
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT’S BRIEF,
January 10, 1997
Attached Appendix: Line-by-line analysis of the
appealed-from 5/21/96 decision/order of District Court
Judge Sprizzo, compared with record
RECORD ON
APPEAL,
January 10, 1997
Supplemental Materials for the Consideration of the
Court in its Supervisory Capacity
•
Plaintiff’s statement, presented at the 11/28/95
public hearing of the Second Circuit Task Force on
Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts
Substantiating Transmittal
•
Plaintiff’s
March 8, 1996 handwritten letter to
Chief Judge Griesa/Southern District Court
•
Plaintiff’s
May 3, 1996 letter to Chief Judge
Griesa
DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENT'S OPPOSING BRIEF, March 4, 1997
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT’S REPLY BRIEF,
April 1, 1997
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT’S RECUSAL/SANCTIONS MOTION,
April 1, 1997
Exhibit A-1:March
7, 1997 order
Exhibit A-2:
March 10, 1997 order
Exhibit A-3:
March 13, 1997 order
Exhibit B: A.G.'s
March 4, 1997 motion for extension &
pro hac
vice admission
Exhibit C: A.G.'s
March 11, 1997 motion to file corrected brief
Exhibit D: Plaintiff'-Appellant's
February 24, 1997 affidavit in
opposition & in support of sanctions
Ex. A:
October 23, 1996 pre-argument conference notice & order
Ex. B: Plaintiff-Appellant's
January 14, 1996 fax to A.G.:
RE: litigation misconduct
Ex. C: A.G.'s
February 12, 1997 motion for extension
Ex. D: Plaintiff-Appellant's
February 19, 1997 fax coversheet to
A.G.
Ex. E: Plaintiff-Appellant's
January 27, 19977 fax to A.G.:
RE: supervisory responsibility
Ex. F: Plaintiff-Appellant's
February 12, 1997 motion before
Defendant 2nd Dept. in Wolstencroft
Exhibit E: docket
Exhibit F:
February 25, 1997 order
Exhibit G: Plaintiff-Appellant's
March 10, 1997 letter to Ct of
Appeals' staff counsel
Exhibit H: A.G.'s
March 11, 1997 fax coversheet
Exhibit I-1: A.G.'s
March 11, 1997 letter to Ct of Appeals' clerk
Exhibit I-2: A.G.'s
March 11, 1997 completed form
ASST.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AFFIDAVIT IN OPPOSITION, April 16,
1997
Exhibit 1: A.G.'s February 12, 197
motion for extension of time
Exhibit 2:
February 25, 1997 order
Exhibit 3: A.G.'s
March 4, 1997 motion for extension of time,
admission pro hac vice
Exhibit 4:
March 10, 1997 order
DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENT'S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION,
April 16, 1997
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT'S
AFFIDAVIT IN REPLY & IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF THE MOTION,
April 23, 1997
Exhibit A: excerpt from rehearing petition,
Sassower v.
Field
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT'S SUPPLEMENTAL AFFIDAVIT,
April 28, 1997
Exhibit A: Written testimony of CJA's Coordinator,
Elena Sassower, before 2nd Circuit Task Force on Gender,
Racial & Ethnic Fairness in the Courts
Exhibit B: CJA's 6/17/96 letter to 2nd Circuit Task Force
Co-Chair Magistrate Sharon Grubin
Exhibit C: "Vacco's Office's Delay Culminates in
Default", NYLJ, 4/24/97
Exhibit D:
April 18, 1997 letter from Clerk's Office
Exhibit E: Plaintiff-Appellant's
March 28, 1997 letter to Clerk's
Office
Exhibit F-1: receipted back of Verified Complaint by
Janet Johnson
Exhibit F-2: Elena Sassower's
October 19, 1994 letter to Janet Johnson
SUMMARY ORDER OF APPELLATE PANEL -- Dennis
Jacobs, Thomas Meskill, Edward Korman,
September 10, 1997
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR REHEARING WITH SUGGESTION
FOR REHEARING IN BANC, October 6, 1997
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT’S RECUSAL/RULE 60(b) VACATUR FOR FRAUD
MOTION,
October 10, 1997
Table of Exhibits
Exhibit A: “Without Merit: The Empty Promise of
Judicial Discipline”
Exhibit B: “Restraining ‘Liars in the
Courtroom’ and on the Public Payroll”
Exhibit C: Plaintiff-Appellant’s March 4, 1996
judicial misconduct complaint against Jon Newman, Chief
Judge, Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Ex A: "'Vexatious Litigants' Procedure Held Lawful",
NYLJ, 1/9/93
Ex B: "Attorney Sanctioned by Court of Appeals",
NYLJ, 9/11/91
Ex C: Judge Griesa's
February 27, 1992 order
Exhibit D:
April 10, 1996 dismissal order of Acting Chief Judge
Kearse
Exhibit E: Plaintiff-Appellant’s
May 30, 1996 petition for review of Acting Chief Judge
Kearse’s dismissal
of the
March 4, 1996 complaint
against Chief Judge Newman
Ex A:
August 1993 Report of the National Commission on
Judicial Discipline & Removal
Ex B:
March 15, 1994 Report of the Proceedings of the
Judicial Conference
Ex C:
March 1994 Summary of the Report of the Judicial
Conference Committee
Ex D: Rule 4
Ex E: In re George Sassower, 20 F.3d 42 (3/10/94)
Ex F:
In re Spiegelman
Ex. G:
In re Charge of Judicial Misconduct
Ex H:
In re Charge of Judicial Misconduct
Ex I:
In re Charge of Judicial Misconduct
Ex J:
In re Charge of Judicial Misconduct
Ex K: "A Replacement for Thomas", NYT,
op-ed by Judge Newman
Exhibit J: requests for oral argument/etc.
Exhibit K: transcript of
August 29, 1997 oral argument before
appellate panel
Exhibit L: Plaintiff-Appellant's written oral argument
Exhibit M: Plaintiff-Appellant's
August 27, 1997 letter to A.G.
Vacco
Ex. 1: faxed copy: "Restraining 'Liars in the
Courtroom" and on the Public Payroll", 8/27/97
Ex. 2: Plaintiff-Appellant's
January 14, 1997 letter to A.G. Vacco
Exhibit N-1: analysis of appellate panel's
September 10, 1997
decision/order
Exhibit N-2: appellate panel's
September 10, 1997 decision/order
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT’S §372(c) JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT
AGAINST DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
October 28, 1997
COMPLAINT FORM
§372(c) Judicial Misconduct Complaint against District Judge
Sprizzo
Exhibit A: Line-by-line analysis of Judge Sprizzo’s
appealed-from May 21, 1996 decision/order,
compared with record
Exhibit B: “Without Merit: The Empty Promise of
Judicial Discipline”
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT’S §372(c) JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT
AGAINST THREE-JUDGE APPELLATE PANEL,
November
6, 1997
COMPLAINT FORMS
(Jacobs)
(Meskill)
(Korman)
§372(c)
Judicial Misconduct Complaint against Appellate Panel Judges
Jacobs, Meskill, Korman
Exhibit A: Line-by-line analysis of appellate panel’s
September 10, 1997 summary order, compared with record
Exhibit B-1: “Restraining ‘Liars in the Courtroom’
and on the Public Payroll”
Exhibit B-2: “Where Do You Go When Judges Break the
Law?”
Exhibit C: “Without Merit: The Empty Promise of
Judicial Discipline”
Second
Circuit's February
23, 1998 letter transmitting dismissal order of Second Circuit
Chief Judge Winter
PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR REHEARING OF DISMISSAL
OF JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT COMPLAINTS, April 3, 1998
Exhibit A: CJA's March 10, 1998 memorandum to the
House Judiciary Committee
Exhibit B: CJA's March 23, 1998 memorandum to the
House Judiciary Committee -- impeachment complaint
Second Circuit May 6, 1998 letter transmitting dismissal order
of the Second Circuit Judicial Council
Second Circuit's May 8, 1998 letter with names of members of
Second Circuit Judicial Council panel -- Circuit Judge
Amalya Kearse, Circuit Judge Pierre Leval, District Judge
Charles Sifton (EDNY), and District Judge J. Garvin Murtha
(Vermont)
UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT
(#98-106)
PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR
A WRIT OF CERTIORARI, May 18, 1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WAIVER,
August 4, 1998
PETITIONER’S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF,
September 2, 1998
PERTINENT DOCUMENTS IN
SUPPLEMENTAL APPENDIX &/OR LODGED WITH CLERK'S OFFICE
CJA's statement for the record of the House
Judiciary Committee's June 11, 1998 "oversight
hearing of the administration and operation of the
federal judiciary"
Accompanying Compendium of Documents Annexed to the
Statement
CJA's
March 10, 1998 memorandum to House Judiciary
Committee
CJA's published article, "Without Merit: The
Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline",
The Long Term View (Massachusetts School of Law)
(summer 1997)
CJA's
March 10, 1998 fax coversheets/receipts of certified
mailing
CJA's
March 23, 1998 memorandum to House Judiciary
Committee
Ex. A: CJA's
March 13, 1998 letter to Professor Burbank
Ex. B: Professor Burbank's
March 15, 1998 fax
Ex. C: CJA's
March 16, 1998 memo to House Judiciary
Committee
Ex. D: CJA's
July 22, 1993 letter to National Commission
on Judicial Discipline
&
Removal
Ex. E: CJA's
June 9, 1993 letter to Counsel/House
Judiciary Committee
CJA's
March 23, 1998 fax coversheet to House Judiciary
Committee
CJA's
May 22, 1998 letter to House Judiciary Committee
CJA's
April 24, 1998 testimony before the Commission on
Structural Alternatives for
the Federal Courts of Appeals
"Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law",
$16,770 ad, NYT, 10/26/94
"Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the
Public Payroll", $3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
CJA's
May 29, 1998 letter to Administrative Office of the
U.S. Courts
CJA's
June 5, 1998 letter to House Judiciary Committee
Correspondence with House Judiciary Committee
during Democratic control:
CJA's
July 29, 1993 letter to Counsel
CJA's
August 26, 1993 letter to Counsel
January 4, 1994 letter from Counsel
CJA's
January 31, 1994 letter to Counsel
CJA's
December 2, 1994 letter to Counsel
CJA's
December 27, 1994 letter to Counsel
Correspondence with House Judiciary Committee
following the Republican
take-over
CJA's
February 2, 1995 letter to staff
CJA's
June 30, 1995 letter to Counsel
CJA's
July 10, 1995 letter to Asst. Counsel
July 20m 1995 letter from Asst. Counsel
CJA's
November 8, 1995 letter to Asst. Counsel
CJA's
December 1, 1995 letter to Asst. Counsel
CJA's
January 29, 1996 to Counsel/Democratic Minority Side
CJA's
March 28, 1996 letter to Chief Counsel
CJA's
January 20, 1998 fax to Counsel
CJA’s statement at the April 24, 1998 public
hearing of the Commission on Structural Alternatives
for the Federal Courts of Appeals
Petitioner’s July 20, 1998 letter to U.S. Solicitor
General Seth Waxman
August 10, 1998 letter from Solicitor General
Petitioner's July 27, 1998 letter to
Chief of the Public Integrity Section/Justice Department’s Criminal Division
Exhibit A: CJA's
April 26, 1994 letter to Civil Rights
Division: Voting Section/Justice Dept.
Exhibit B: CJA's
May 10, 1994 letter to Civil Rights Division:
Voting Section/Justice Dept.
Exhibit C: CJA's
May 23, 1994 letter to Civil Rights
Division: Voting Section/Justice Dept.
Exhibit D: CJA's
December 30, 1994 letter to Civil Rights
Division: Voting Section/Justice Dept.
Exhibit E-1: DLS'
January 10, 1991 letter to U.S. Attorney/SDNY
Exhibit E-2:
January 16, 1991 letter from U.S. Attorney/SDNY
Exhibit E-3: DLS'
January 28, 1991 letter to U.S. Attorney/SDNY
Exhibit E-4: DLS'
March 28, 1991 letter to U.S. Attorney/SDNY
Exhibit E-5:
April 2, 1991 letter from U.S. Attorney/SDNY
Exhibit F:
Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on
Judicial Conduct of the State of NY, notice of right
seek intervention & notice of petition
Exhibit G-1: CJA's
August 1, 1995 letter to Deputy Chief/Criminal
Division/US Attorney/SDNY
Exhibit G-2: CJA's handwritten note to Civil Rights
Division: Voting Section/Justice Dept.
Exhibit G-3: CJA's
August 17, 1995 handwritten note with
NYLJ Ltr to Editor, "Comm'n Abandons
Investigative Mandate"
Exhibit G-4: CJA's
May 6, 1997 letter to Michele
Hirshman/Chief/Public Corruption Unit/
U.S. Attorney/SDNY
Exhibit G-5: Michele Hirshman's
May 19, 1997 letter
Exhibit G-6: Michele Hirshman's
June 27, 1997 letter
Exhibit H: CJA's faxes to FBI
Exhibit I-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom"
and on the Public Payroll", NYLJ, ad, 8/27/97, pp.
3-4
Exhibit I-2: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the
Law?", NYT, ad, 10/26/94, op-ed page
Exhibit J-1: CJA's
March 28, 1996 letter to Chief/Public Integrity
Section/Justice Dept's Criminal
Division
Exhibit J-2:
May 17, 1996 letter from Deputy Chief /Public
Integrity Section/Justice Dept's Criminal
Division
Exhibit K: Justice Dept's
March 10, 1998 & June 10, 1998 letters to
House Judiciary Committee, as
reprinted in
Committee report
Exhibit L: 28 USC Sec. 529: Annual Report &
July 28, 1998 letter
from Public Integrity Section/Justice
Dept.
CJA’s November 24, 1997 letter to
Deputy General Counsel, Administrative Office of the
U.S. Courts
Exhibit A: Inventory of transmitted file:
Sassower v.
Mangano
Exhibit B: fax transmitting "Without Merit: The Empty
Promise of Judicial Discipline"
Exhibit C: NYLJ item, 5/16/97
Petitioner’s January 26, 1998 letter to ABA
President Jerome Shestack
Exhibit A: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the
Law?", NYT, op-ed ad, 10/26/94
Exhibit B: "Restraining 'Liars in the
Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", NYLJ, ad,
8/27/97
Exhibit C: Inventory of transmitted file of
Sassower
v. Mangano, et al.
Exhibit D: 1994 report of ABA Task Force on
Judicial Removal
Exhibit E: report of ABA Commission on Separation of
Powers & Judicial Independence
Exhibit
F: "Without Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial
Discipline", The Long Term View, 1997
Petitioner’s August 11, 1998 letter to ABA President
Philip Anderson
Exhibit A-1:
July 12, 1976 letter of Francis Plimpton on
behalf of Doris Sassower, with petition
signatures
Exhibit A-2: "New York Women's Bar Ex-President Gets
Wide Support for Election to ABA House",
NYLJ, 8/3/76
Exhibit A-3: Petitioner's listing in Martindale-Hubbell
Law Directory, 1989
Exhibit B-1: "The Risks To Judicial Independence",
Pres Shestack's message/ABA Journal, 6/1998
Exhibit B-2: "With professionalism movement
well under way, it is time for lawyers to address
justice
issues",
Pres. Shestack, National Law Journal, 8/4/98
Exhibit B-3: "The bar must campaign for the
independence of the judiciary -- and of the legal
profession itself',
Pres-Elect Anderson, National Law Journal, 8/4/98
Exhibit C: CJA's
January 26, 1998 letter to President Shestack
Exhibit D: CJA's
March 27, 1998 letter to President Shestack,
with
Giraffe Project press release & award
and
"True Believers", Westchester County Weekly,
3/18/98
Exhibit E:
April 8, 1998 fax to President Shestack
Exhibit F:
May 5, 1998 fax to President Shestack
Exhibit G:
May 18, 1998 fax from ABA Center for
Professional Responsibility
Exhibit H: CJA's 1992 faxes to Shestack
Exhibit I-1: CJA's
December 27, 1997 letter to Patricia Hynes, 2nd
Circuit Representative/ABA
Standing
Committee on Federal Judiciary
Exhibit I-2: CJA's
October 31, 1995 letter to Patricia Hynes
Exhibit J: CJA's
January 8, 1998 letter to President Shestack
Exhibit K: CJA's
January 9, 1998 letter to President Shestack
Exhibit L: CJA's
January 12, 1998 letter to President Shestack
Exhibit M: CJA's
January 14, 1998 letter to President
Shestack"
Exhibit N: CJA's
May 27, 1996 letter to SJC Chairman
Hatch, as reprinted in record of SJC's May 21,
1996 hearing on "The "Role of the ABA in the Judicial Selection
Process"
Exhibit O-1: CJA's
July 30, 1998 letter to SJC
Exhibit O-2: CJA's
August 3, 1998 letter to SJC
Exhibit O-3: CJA's
August 3, 1998 fax to organizations
PETITIONER’S SEPTEMBER 23, 1998 LETTER-APPLICATION TO
THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FOR DISCLOSURE AND
DISQUALIFICATION, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C §455
Exhibit A:
In re George Sassower, 510 U.S. 4, 114
S.Ct. 2 (1993)
Exhibit B-1: Petitioner’s
September 2, 1998 letter to Chief Deputy
Clerk
Exhibit B-2: Petitioner’s
September 17, 1998 letter to Chief Deputy
Clerk
Exhibit C: CJA’s
September 4, 1998 memo to governmental & bar
recipients of supplemental brief
Exhibit D:
certified mail/return receipts for September 4, 1998 memo
Exhibit E-1:
USC Law School Announcement: Judicial Independence & Accountability
Symposium
Exhibit E-2: Speech by Justice Anthony Kennedy: “Judicial
Ethics and the Rule of Law”, summer 1996
PETITIONER’S SEPTEMBER 29, 1998 LETTER TO DEPUTY CLERK
FRANCIS LORSON
PETITIONER’S OCTOBER 14, 1998
IMPROVISED JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT vs THE JUSTICES (LETTER TO CHIEF CLERK
WILLIAM SUTER)
Exhibit A: October 6, 1998 letter from Suter's
Administrative Assistant, docket sheet
Exhibit
B: 1993 Report of the National Commission on Judicial
Discipline & Removal, pp. 121-3
PETITIONER’S OCTOBER 26, 1998 LETTER TO DEPUTY CLERK
LORSON
PETITIONER’S OCTOBER 26, 1998 LETTER
TO CHIEF CLERK SUTER
PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR
REHEARING, October 30, 1998
PETITIONER’S NOVEMBER 6, 1998 LETTER TO CHIEF DEPUTY
CLERK LORSON, enclosing
CJA’s NOVEMBER
6, 1998 IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST THE JUSTICES
Exhibit
A: CJA's May 29, 1998 letter to William
Burchill and Jeffrey Barr, General Counsel & Assistant
General Counsel/Administrative Office
of the U.S. Courts, to which Chief Justice Rehnquist
was
indicated recipient in his capacity as head of the
Judicial Conference
Exhibit B: Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline
and Removal, pp. 121-123
CONTINUES with:
TEST #1 -- 1999:
November 6, 1998 IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT --
& THE 1993 REPORT OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL
DISCIPLINE & REMOVAL
2004 SUPPLEMENT
TO IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT
-- &
TEST #2:
Supreme Court's impeachable
repudiation of Congressionally-imposed obligations of
disqualification & disclosure under 28 USC 455 & disregard for the
single recommendation
addressed to it by the 1993 Report of the National Commission
on Judicial Discipline & Removal that it consider establishing an
internal mechanism to review judicial misconduct complaints against
its justices.
AND,
ADDITIONALLY -- on the state level --
CJA's October 6, 1998
judicial misconduct complaint against the Appellate Division, Second
Department Justices, filed with the New York State Commission on
Judicial Conduct
-- based upon their readily-verifiable litigation misconduct & fraud in
Sassower v. Mangano
-- resulting in
Test Cases-State (COMMISSION)
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