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ELIOT SPITZER
1994
CJA's
August 8, 1994 letter
1998 CJA's September 7, 1998 letter -- "Raising Electorally-Significant Issues of Government Integrity: Wednesday, September 9th Debate of Candidates for the Democratic Nomination for NYS Attorney General"
--
Restraining "Liars in the Courtroom" and on the
Public Payroll,
Ex A-2: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 ad, NYT, October 26, 1994 Ex B: CJA's September 7, 1998 letter to A.G. Democratic candidate Koppell Ex C: CJA's September 7, 1998 letter to A.G. Democratic candidate Spitzer Ex D: CJA's September 7, 1998 letter to A.G. Democratic candidate Davis Ex E: CJA's September 7, 1998 letter to A.G. Democratic candidate Abate CJA's September 9, 1998 hand-out: "IS CASE FILE EVIDENCE OF JUDICIAL CORRUPTION AND COLLUSION BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL 'TOO HOT' FOR THE CANDIDATES"
-- & BEFORE commencement of the Commission case
CJA's
December 24, 1998 letter -- "Rescinding the appointments
of Michelle Hirshman and Richard Rifkin"
JANUARY 27, 1999: Attorney General Spitzer's publicly announces establishment of "public integrity unit" at breakfast program sponsored by the New York Law Journal & Association of the Bar of the City of New York -- with Elena Sassower's public exchange with him
CJA's
January 27, 1999 letter
-- "Your mandatory professional and ethical obligations" Ex.B-2: CJA's January 13, 1998 letter to A.G. Vacco Ex.C-1: CJA's December 24, 1998 letter to A.G. Spitzer -- c/o Lloyd Constantine, Chairman-Transition Team -- "Rescinding the Appointments of Michelle Hirshman & Richard Rifkin" Ex.C-2: CJA's December 28, 1998 letter to A.G. Spitzer -- c/o Lloyd Constantine -- RE: Rescinding the Appointments of Michelle Hirshman & Richard Rifkin" enclosing CJA's Letter to the Editor, "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals", NY Post , December 28, 1998 Ex.D-1: CJA's August 8, 1994 letter to A.G. candidate Spitzer Ex. D-2: CJA's September 7, 1998 letter to A.G. candidate Spitzer Ex. D-3: CJA's notice to NYLJ/City Bar, with copy to candidate Spitzer Ex. E: CJA's November 18, 1998 letter to City Bar Executive Committee, with copy to Governor Pataki transmitting substantiating evidence: SEE: Judicial Selection-State-NY: Corruption of "Merit Selection" to NY's Highest State Court - Rosenblatt Test Cases - State (Commission) CJA's April 2, 1999 letter -- "Attorney General Spitzer's Promise of 'the Finest Public Interest Law Firm in the Nations' (transcript of City Bar breakfast, January 27, 1999, p. 11)" CJA's March 26, 1999 ethics complaint to NYS Ethics Commission -- "NEWLY-INITIATED ETHICS COMPLAINTS: (1) against the Ethics Commissioners and, particularly Ethics Chairman Paul Shechtman; (2) against former Ethics Commission Executive Director, now Deputy Attorney General Richard Rifkin; (3) against Governor George Pataki; (4) against the NYS Commission on Judicial Nomination; (5) against Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, personally; AND SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO CJA's March 22, 1995 ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST NYS COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT" Ex. A: Public Officers Law Ex. B: Transcript, January 27, 1999, Eliot Spitzer, event sponsored by NYLJ & City Bar Ex. C: "Spitzer Claims Victory: And Now, the Litigation", NYLJ, November 20, 1998 Ex. D: "Republicans Get a Pass From Spitzer -- for Now", NY Observer, February 8, 1999 Ex. E: "FREE-FOR-ALL: A special report: ALBANY IS FAILING IN EFFORT TO LIMIT CAMPAIGN DONORS, NYT, December 28, 1998 SEE: Searching for Champions-State- NY: Ethics Commission
April 20, 1999 -
December 17, 2002: Commission case (1) in Supreme Court/NY County: -- July 28, 1999 sanctions motion & memorandum of law -- supplemented by September 24, 1999 affidavit & reply memo of law
(2)
in Appellate Division, 1st Dept.: Illustrative C orrespondence AFTER commencement of the Commission case:1999: Correspondence while the case was in Supreme Court/New York County See: TEST CASES - State (Commission)
CJA's August
6, 1999 letter -- "Petitioner's July 28, 1999 Motion for
Omnibus Relief" SEE: record in Michael Mantell v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct 2000-1 Correspondence when the case was going up on appeal to the Appellate Division/First Department SEE: Test Cases - State (Commission) (also addressed to Commission on Judicial Conduct, with indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorneys-SDNY/EDNY, Ethics Commission, Judge Wetzel, Administrative Judge Crane) CJA's February 25, 2000 notice (also addressed to Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorney-SDNY, Ethics Commission, with indicated copies to Gov. Pataki, U.S. Attorney-EDNY, Commission on Judicial Conduct, Chief Judge Kaye, Administrative Judge Crane, Judge Wetzel, City Bar, Patricia Salkin/Director-Gov't Law Center/Albany Law School, media) TRANSMITTING: CJA's February 23, 2000 letter to Governor Pataki Ex. A: CJA's February 7, 2000 letter to Nan Weiner Ex. B-1: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's letter to editor, NYLJ, August 14, 1995 Ex. B-2: "A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, November 20, 1997 Ex. B-3: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997 Ex. C: computerized court record of Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission and recusal orders of 5 justices Ex. D: statement of former Bronx Surrogate Bertram Gelfand at the City Bar's public hearing on the Commission Ex. E: CJA's January 7, 1998 letter to Chief Judge Kaye Ex. A: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", letter to editor, NYT, 11/16/96 Ex. B-1: CJA's July 25, 1997 letter to James Gill, Chairman/1st Dept Judicial Screening Committee Ex. B-2-6: follow-up faxes to 1st Dept. Judicial Screening Committee Ex. C-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997 Ex. C-2: NYLJ item, September 22, 1997 Ex. D: NYLJ item, December 26, 1997 Ex. E: receipted 1st page of CJA's December 29, 1997 memo to members of State Judicial Screening Committee Ex. F: pp. 5-13 of the transcript of the May 17, 1999 proceeding before Justice Lebedeff Ex. G: pp. 8-17, 22-23 of the transcript of the June 14, 1999 court conference before Justice Zweibel Ex. H: transcript of the October 8, 1999 proceeding before Justice Zweibel Ex. I: "Pols Rule Courtrooms: Acting Judges Owe Their Jobs to Pataki, Rudy", NYDaily News, January 18, 2000 Ex. J: Kamau Bey's May 27, 1999, June 25, 1999, and July 23, 1999 judicial misconduct complaints against Justice Wetzel &Commission acknowledgment & dismissal letters Ex. K: "Observers Say Judge Doomed Defense", NY Post, April 17, 1998, "Wacko Wetzel Left Oliver's Lawyer Defenseless", NYPost May 30, 1998, "Cybersex Defense Wants Trial Halted", NY Daily News, March 24, 1998, "Defense in Sexual Torture Case Says Court Let the Accuser Lie", NYT, March 24, 1998, "Oliver Jovanovic: First Sacrifice of the Digital Age", La Journada, May 19, 1998 CJA's March 17, 2000 transmittal memo -- "Your Duty to Ensure Independent Investigation..." (also addressed to Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorney-SDNY, Ethics Commission) -- transmitting copies of: (1) CJA's March 3, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye Ex. A: pages from Chief Judge Kaye's January 10, 2000 "State of the Judiciary Address" Ex. B: exchange of correspondence between Kamau Bey & Chief Judge Kaye's office (2) CJA's March 3, 2000 complaint against Judges Wetzel & Crane (3) CJA's March 17, 2000 letter to Manhattan D.A. Ex. A-1: CJA's October 29, 1999 letter Ex. A-2: D.A.'s October 29, 1999 letter to CJA Ex. A-3: CJA's November 4, 1999 letter (4) CJA's March 17, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney/SDNY (5) CJA's March 17, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney/EDNY Ex. A-1: "Fund-Raiser For Pataki Faces Charges", NYT, December 16, 1999 Ex. A-2: "Watch Out For the Feds", Empire State Report, September 1999 Ex. A-3: "Pataki's 1994 Fund-Raising Is Under Investigation", NYT, January 21, 1998 Ex. A-4: CJA's February 12, 1998 fax to Ethics Commission Public Information Officer Ex. B-1: 1998 Report to Congress: Activities & Operations of the Public Integrity Section, pp. 1-2 Ex. B-2: 28 USC Sec. 528
-- transmitting copies of: (1) CJA's April 18, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye Ex. A: March 27, 2000 letter from Michael Colodner, Counsel/Unified Court System Ex. B: Chief Administrative Judge's 1998 report, pp. 45-6, 57 Ex. C-1: CJA's March 3, 2000 judicial misconduct complaint vs. Judges Wetzel & Crane Ex. C-2: Commission's March 7, 2000 acknowledgment letter Ex. C-3: Commission's April 6, 2000 dismissal letter (2) CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to Commission on Judicial Conduct (3) CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to Manhattan D.A. Morgenthau (4) CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney White (5) CJA's April 24, 2000 letter to U.S. Attorney Lynch CJA's September 27, 2000 letter to A.G. Spitzer -- "Your ethical and professional duty, inter alia: (1) to withdraw your Law Department's fraudulent 'Brief for Respondent' in Mantell v. Commission...; (2) to withdraw from your representation of the Commission therein as inconsistent with Executive Law 63.1, and; (3) to intervene therein and in Elena Ruth Sassower v. Commission...on behalf of the public interest, advanced in each proceeding by the pro se petitioners" CJA's December 1, 2000 notice -- "Michael Mantell v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct"
CJA's January 10, 2001 letter
-- "Your duty under Executive Law 63.1 in the appeal..."
CJA's April 18, 2001 letter
-- "Withdrawing your Respondent's Brief in the appeal..."
CJA's May 3, 2001 letter
-- "Meeting your Obligations under New York's Disciplinary
Rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility and under
Executive Law 63.1 in the appeal..." CJA's October 11, 2001 notice -- "You Mandatory Supervisory Responsibilities under 22 NYCRR 1200.5 [DR 1-104 of New York's Disciplinary Rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility] and 22 NYCRR 130-1.1"
2002: CJA's January 7, 2002 notice -- "Your ethical and professional duty to take steps to vacate for fraud the Appellate Division, First Department's December 18, 2001 decision in Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acing pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York (NY Co. 108551/99) and to secure the criminal prosecution of the five-judge appellate panel, in addition to initiation of disciplinary proceedings to remove them from the bench" Ex. A: Appellate Division's December 18, 2001 decision, as printed in NYLJ Ex B: Elena Sassower's November 21, 2001 oral argument before Appellate Division Ex C: Elena Sassower's November 30, 2001 letter to Appellate Division panel January 14, 2002 letter -- "Your continuing duty under Executive Law 63.1 to safeguard 'the interest of the state' ..." [given to A.G. Spitzer, in hand] CJA's January 23, 2002 letter to Attorney General Spitzer --"Your Duty to Protect the People of this State from the Possible Elevation of Milton L. Williams, John T. Buckley, or Richard T. Andrias, each Appellate Division, First Department Associate Justices, to the position of Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department" [Designation of Presiding Justice-Appellate Division] CJA's February 12, 2002 letter to Attorney General Spitzer -- "(1) Supplement to CJA's January 23, 2002 Letter-Notice: Your Duty to Your Duty to Protect the People of this State from the Possible Appointment of Eugene L. Nardelli, Acting Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, to the Position of Presiding Justice; (2) Your Mandatory Supervisory Duty to Withdraw Assistant Solicitor General Carol Fischer's fraudulent opposition to the January 17, 2002 Motion for Reargument in Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York" [Designation of Presiding Justice-Appellate Division] CJA's May 3, 2002 notice -- "Setting the Record Straight as to 'The Crisis of Accountability'..." -- enclosing Spitzer's May 1, 2002 Law Day speech at the NY Court of Appeals: "The Crisis of Accountability"
CJA's July 3, 2002 notice --
"Upholding Fundamental Ethical Standards of Professional
Responsibility and Discharging your Duty as 'The People's
Lawyer'..."
CJA's ETHICS & CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS Ex. B: Transcript, January 27, 1999, Eliot Spitzer, event sponsored by NYLJ & City Bar Ex. C: "Spitzer Claims Victory: And Now, the Litigation", NYLJ, November 20, 1998 Ex. D: "Republicans Get a Pass From Spitzer -- for Now", NY Observer, February 8, 1999 Ex. E: "FREE-FOR-ALL: A special report: ALBANY IS FAILING IN EFFORT TO LIMIT CAMPAIGN DONORS, NYT, December 28, 1998 Ex. A: Gov Pataki's September 9, 1999 appointment of Millane to Ethics Commission Ex. B: CJA's April 15, 1997 letter to Gov. Pataki Ex. C: Gov Pataki's appointment of Shechtman to Ethics Commission Ex. D: CJA's June 9, 1997 letter to Ethics Commission Ex. E: Gov. Pataki's appointment of Shechtman to Ethics Commission Ex. F: CJA's April 23, 1999 letter to Ethics Commission Ex. G-1: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997 Ex. G-2: "Assistants' Lapses Not Tolerated by Vacco", Asst. A.G. ltr to editor, NYLJ, May 16, 1997 Ex. H-1: CJA's September 19, 1995 letter to A.G. Vacco Ex. H-2: CJA's January 13, 1998 letter to A.G. Vacco Ex. I-1: September 1, 1999 letter from A.G. Spitzer's Counsel to Sassower Ex. I-2: CJA's August 6, 1999 letter to A.G. Spitzer's Counsel SEE: record in E.R. Sassower, CJA, acting pro bono publico v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct CJA's October 27, 1999 new complaint to NYS Ethics Commission based on A.G. Spitzer's litigation misconduct in Michael Mantell v. New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct SEE: record in Michael Mantell v. NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct CJA's March 27, 2001 letter to NYS Ethics Commission -- "Agenda of the April 3, 2002 meeting of the Ethics Commissioners: (1) Inaction on CJA's ethics complaints - born of the Ethics Commissioners' disqualifying conflicts of interest; (2) Request for intervention in the appeal of the Article 78 proceeding, Elena Ruth Sassower, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc., acting pro bono publico v. Commission on Judicial Conduct of the State of New York (NY Co. #99-108551), now pending in the Appellate Division, First Department" ******************************************************************************************************************* SEE: Searching for Champions-State-NY: U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York CJA's September 7, 1999 criminal complaint to U.S. Attorney-EDNY vs A.G. Spitzer Ex. A: "Widening Inquiry On Pataki Donors And Parole Board", NYT, August 19, 1999 Ex. B-1: Inventory to CJA's March 26, 1999 ethics complaint Ex. B-2: Inventory of record of Article 78 proceeding Ex. B-3: Inventory of FOIL correspondence with Gov. Pataki's office Ex. C-1: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", NYT, ltr to editor, November 16, 1996 Ex. C-2: "A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, November 20, 1996 Ex. C-3: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997 Ex. C-4: "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals", NY Post, ltr to editor, December 28, 1998 Ex. C-5: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate", NYLJ, ltr to editor, August 14, 1995 Ex. C-6: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 ad, NYT, October 26, 1994 Ex. D: CJA's April 23, 1999 letter to Ethics Commission Ex. E-1: "Corruption fighter tackles double-dipping probe", Middletown Times Herald Record, August 15, 1999 Ex. E-2: "Spitzer Sets Up Unit to Investigate Both State and Local Corruption", NYT, August 19, 1999 Ex. E-3: "Mirror, Mirror", NYDaily News, editorial, August 29, 1999 ************************************************************************************************************** SEE: Searching for Champions-State-NY: Manhattan District Attorney CJA's October 21, 1999 criminal complaint to Manhattan D.A. Morgenthau vs A.G. Spitzer Ex. A: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997 Ex. B: CJA's January 31, 1996 letter to D.A. Morgenthau Ex. C: February 7, 1996 letter from Deputy Chief/Special Prosecutions Bureau Ex. D: CJA's March 5, 1996 letter to D.A. Morgenthau Ex. E: CJA's May 6, 1997 fax to D.A. Morgenthau Ex. F: signed receipt for July 28, 1999 omnibus motion & memo of law Ex. G: "State Commission Can Refuse to Investigate Judge", NYLJ, October 5, 1999 Ex. H-1: Inventory Ex. H-2: Inventory ************************************************************************************************************ SEE: Searching for Champions-State-NY: U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York CJA's October 21, 1999 criminal complaint to U.S. Attorney/SDNY vs A.G. Spitzer Ex. A-1: Justice Dept. Report to Congress: 1997 -- pp. 1-2 Ex. A-2: 28 USC Sec 528: disqualification of Justice Dept. officers & employees Ex. B: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997 Ex. C-1: Inventory Ex. C-2: Inventory Ex. D: Justice Dept. April 12, 1999 letter from Deputy Chief/Public Integrity Section Ex. E: August 31, 1999 letter from Chief, Civil Rights Unit/SDNY Ex. F: "State Commission Can Refuse to Investigate Judge", NYLJ, October 5, 1999
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