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TESTING IN A SINGLE PERFECT CASE
THE CHECKS ON STATE JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT
TOUTED BY THE LEGAL AND JUDICIAL
ESTABLISHMENT
— and documenting their complete
worthlessness,
as well as the hoax of “merit selection”
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The People's Case against
The New York State
Commission
on Judicial Conduct
ELENA RUTH
SASSOWER, Coordinator of the Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.,
acting pro bono publico
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COMMISSION ON
JUDICIAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
continues from:
Supreme
Court/New York County
APPELLATE DIVISION,
FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
CJA's
APPELLANT'S
BRIEF, December 22, 2000
Cover, Contents, & Authorities
Questions Presented & Brief
Dedication to Judy Abrams
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPPOSING BRIEF, March 22, 2001
CJA'S REPLY BRIEF,
August 17, 2001
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CJA's MAY 5, 2001 CRITIQUE OF A.G.'s OPPOSING BRIEF
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CJA'S AUGUST 17, 2001 MOTION TO DISQUALIFY THE APPELLATE
DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT & TO DISQUALIFY ATTORNEY GENERAL SPITZER, & FOR
SANCTIONS, ETC.
TABLE OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit B-1: Appellate Division's November 16, 2000 decision in Mantell v. Commission
Exhibit B-2: CJA's October 23, 2000 letter to Appellate Division
Exhibit C: statistics from Commission's annual reports of complaints vs.
Appellate Division & Ct of Appeals judges
Exhibit D: correspondence between George Sassower & Commission
Exhibit E: illustrative complaints against Appellate Division judges filed
by George Sassower
Exhibit E-7: "To the Gulag: Courthouse Leper George Sassower Takes On Every
Judge in Town", Village Voice, 6/6/89
Exhibit F: CJA's February 23, 2000 letter to Gov. Pataki
Exhibit G-1: CJA's February 24, 2000 letter to Gov. Pataki
Exhibit G-2: CJA's March 7, 2000 letter to Gov. Pataki
Exhibit G-3: CJA's March 17, 2000 transmittal memo
Exhibit G-4: CJA's April 24, 2000 transmittal memo
Exhibit G-5: CJA's October 24, 2000 letter to Gov. Pataki
Exhibit H: CJA's February 25, 2000 letter to proposed intervenors
Exhibit I: CJA's March 30, 2001 letter to Exec. Director/Gov Pataki's Judicial Screening
Committees
Exhibit J-1: CJA's June 18, 2001 letter to Exec. Director/Gov Pataki's Judicial Screening
Committees
Exhibit J-2: CJA's June 17, 2000 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Exhibit J-3: CJA's June 21, 2000 letter to Exec. Director/Gov Pataki's Judicial Screening
Committees
Exhibit J-4: CJA's June 18, 2000 letter to Paul Shechtman, Chairman/Gov Pataki's Judicial
Screening Committee
Exhibit K: CJA's March 3, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
Exhibit L-1: CJA's March 27, 2000 letter of Counsel/Unified Court System
Exhibit L-2: CJA's April 18, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
Exhibit M-1: CJA's March 3, 2000 complaint to Commission
Exhibit M-2: Commission's April 6, 2000 dismissal letter
Exhibit N: CJA's June 30, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
Exhibit O-1: CJA's August 3, 2000 complaint to Commission
Exhibit O-2: Commission's September 19, 2000 dismissal letter
Exhibit P-1: coverpage and pages 14-15 of CJA's October 16, 2000 Report on the
corruption of "merit selection"
Exhibit P-2: CJA's October 24, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
Exhibit P-3: CJA's December 9, 2000 letter to Chief Judge Kaye
Exhibit Q-1: CJA's August 17, 2000 letter to Chief Administrative Judge Lippman, etc.
Exhibit Q-2: Chief Administrative Judge Lippman's December 29, 2000 Administrative Order
Exhibit R: CJA's December 1, 2000 memorandum-notice to A.G. Spitzer & Commission
Exhibit S: petition signatures in support of Sassower's application for a
record of the oral argument of the appeal
Exhibit T-1: CJA's January 10, 2001 letter to A.G. Spitzer
Exhibit T-2: CJA's April 18, 2001 letter to A.G. Spitzer
Exhibit T-3: CJA's May 3, 2001 letter to A.G. Spitzer
Exhibit T-4: CJA's May 3, 2001 letter to A.G. Spitzer's Deputy Solicitor General
Behlolavek
Exhibit U: Sassower's May 3, 2001 Critique of A.G.'s opposing brief
Exhibit V: Assistant Solicitor General's June 4, 2001 letter
Exhibit W: CJA's June 7, 2001 letter to A.G. Spitzer's Solicitor General
Preeta Bansal
Ex. A-1:Disciplinary Rule 1200.5: Responsibilities of Supervisory Lawyer
Ex. A-2: "Poised and Playful in the Legal Fast Lane", NYT,
September 1, 1999
Ex. B: exchange of correspondence
Exhibit X-1: June 14, 2001 letter of Deputy Solicitor General Behlovlavek
Exhibit X-2: CJA's June 22, 2001 letter to Deputy Solicitor General Behlolavek
Exhibit X-3: Asst Solicitor General's July 12, 2001 letter
Exhibit Y: CJA's June 18, 2001 letter to A.G. Spitzer
Exhibit Z-1: CJA's August 13, 2001 memo to A.G. Spitzer & staff
Exhibit Z-2: CJA's August 16, 2001 (2:30 pm) memo to A.G. Spitzer & staff
Exhibit Z-3: August 16, 2001 fax from Deputy Solicitor General Behlolavek
Exhibit Z-4: CJA's August 16, 2001 (5:10 pm) memo to A.G. Spitzer & staff
SEE: Appellate Proceedings
in Michael Mantell v.
Commission on Judicial Conduct
ATTORNEY GENERAL SPITZER'S AUGUST 30, 2001 AFFIRMATION IN OPPOSITION TO THE
MOTION
ATTORNEY GENERAL SPITZER'S AUGUST 30, 2001 MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO
THE MOTION
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SASSOWER'S SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 CRITIQUE
CJA'S OCTOBER 15, 2001 REPLY AFFIDAVIT
Exhibit AA: Sassower's September 17, 2001 Critique of A.G. Opposition
Exhibit BB: CJA's September 4, 2001 memo-notice to A.G. Spitzer & Solicitor General Preeta Bansal
Exhibit CC-1: CJA's September 5, 2001 memo to A.G. Spitzer & Solicitor
General Bansal
Exhibit CC-2: Asst Solicitor General Carol Fischer's September 5, 2001 letter
Exhibit DD: Deputy Solicitor General Belohlavek's September 6, 2001 letter
Exhibit EE: CJA's September 7, 2001 letter to Deputy Solicitor General
Belohlavek
Exhibit FF-1: CJA's September 17, 2001 letter to Deputy Solicitor General
Belohlavek
Exhibit FF-2: CJA's September 17, 2001 letter to Motion Clerk, Appellate Division
Exhibit GG-1: CJA's September 21, 2001 letter to Deputy Solicitor General
Belohlavek
Exhibit GG-2: CJA's September 21, 2001 letter to Motion Clerk, Appellate Division
Exhibit HH: CJA's September 21, 2001 letter to Gerald Stern, Administrator &
Counsel/Commission on Judicial Conduct
Exhibit II: e-mail exchange
Exhibit JJ: Gerald Stern's September 26, 2001 letter
Exhibit KK: CJA's October 2, 2001 letter to A.G. Spitzer's
new Solicitor General Caitlin Halligan
Ex A-1: "Spitzer Names Halligan Solicitor General", NYLJ,
September 25, 2001
Ex A-2: "Poised and Playful in the Legal Fast Lane", NYT,
September 1, 2001
Ex
B: Disciplinary Rules: Responsibilities of Supervisory Lawyer,
Representing Client within Bounds of Law, Sanctions
Exhibit LL: CJA's October 4, 2001 letter to Solicitor General
Halligan
Exhibit MM-1: CJA's October 9, 2001 letter to Solicitor General Halligan
Exhibit MM-2: CJA's October 9, 2001 letter to Mr. Stern/Commission
Exhibit NN: Deputy Solicitor General Belohlavek's October 10, 2001 letter
Exhibit OO-1: CJA's October 11, 2001 letter to Deputy Solicitor General
Belohlavek
Exhibit OO-2: CJA's October 11, 2001 memo to A.G. Spitzer & Solicitor General
Halligan
Exhibit PP-1: "Message from Attorney General Eliot Spitzer" (downloaded
from website: October 21, 2001)
Exhibit PP-2: news item on salary increases for A.G. Spitzer & top staff, NYLJ,
April 12, 1999
Exhibit QQ-1: biographic profile of Eliot Spitzer (downloaded from website:
October 12, 2001)
Exhibit QQ-2: resume of former Solicitor General Preeta Bansal (obtained via FOIL request)
Exhibit QQ-3: resume of Solicitor General Halligan (sent to NYLJ for September
25, 2001
story)
Exhibit QQ-4: resume of Deputy Solicitor General Belohlavek (obtained via FOIL request)
Exhibit QQ-5: resume of Richard Rifkin (obtained via FOIL request)
Exhibit QQ-6: resume of Michele Hirshman (obtained via FOIL request)
Exhibit QQ-7: resume of Asst. Solicitor General Carol Fischer (obtained via FOIL request)
Exhibit RR-1: CJA's March 26, 2001 FOIL request to A.G. Spitzer
Exhibit RR-2: A.G. Spitzer's June 26, 2001 response
Exhibit SS-1: biographic profiles of members of NYS Commission on Judicial
Conduct
Exhibit SS-2: biographic profiles of staff of NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct
Exhibit TT: coverpage & page 26 of Commission's Appellate Division brief in
Nicholson
Exhibit UU: petition signatures in support of
Sassower's application for record of the oral argument of the appeal
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CJA'S NOVEMBER 16, 2001 INTERIM RELIEF APPLICATION
Exhibit C:
CJA's November 13, 2001 letter to Appellate Division Presiding Justice
& appellate panel
Exhibit D:
CJA's November 15, 2001 memo to A.G. Spitzer & Solicitor General
Halligan
Nov. 19, 2001 denial of Interim relief application
by Justice Nardelli, Presiding Justice of assigned
appellate panel
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CJA'S
NOVEMBER 19, 2001 LETTER TO APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPT. PRESIDING JUSTICE
SULLIVAN
CJA'S handwritten November 19, 2001 letter -- and
Justice Sullivan's November
20, 2001 denial
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CJA'S
NOVEMBER 30, 2001 LETTER TO APPELLATE PANEL
Exhibit A: Appellant's oral argument: November 21, 2001
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APPELLATE DIVISION'S DECEMBER 18, 2001 DECISION & ORDER
(Nardelli, Mazzarelli, Andrias, Betty
Weinberg Ellerin, Rubin)
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CJA'S
JANUARY 17, 2002 REARGUMENT MOTION
Table of Exhibits
Exhibit A-1: Appellate Division's December 18, 2001 decision
Exhibit A-2: sentence-marked reprint from New York Law Journal
Exhibit
B-1: CJA's January 7, 2002 notice to A.G. Spitzer & Commission:
19-page analysis
of Appellate Division's December 18, 2001 decision
Exhibit
B-2: Commission's acknowledgment, January 11, 2002
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S FEBRUARY 7, 2002 OPPOSING AFFIDAVIT
CJA'S FEBRUARY
20,
2002 REPLY
AFFIDAVIT
Exhibit A: NYLJ
items, January 22, 2002, February 7, 2002
Exhibit B-1: CJA's
January 14, 2002 letter to A.G. Spitzer
Exhibit B-2: receipted 1st page/Notice of Reargument
Exhibit C-1: CJA's
January 23, 2002 letter-notice to A.G. Spitzer
Exhibit C-2: CJA's January 23, 2002 letter-notice to Solicitor General Halligan
Exhibit C-3: CJA's January 23, 2002 letter-notice to Commission
Exhibit
D-1: Asst. Solicitor General's February 4, 2002 letter
Exhibit D-2: CJA's February 4, 2002 letter
Exhibit D-3: Asst. Solicitor General's express mail envelope
Exhibit E-1: CJA's
February 12, 2002 letter-notice to A.G. Spitzer
Exhibit E-2: CJA's February 12, 2002 letter-notice to Solicitor General
Halligan
Exhibit E-3: CJA's February 12, 2002 letter-notice to Commission
Exhibit
F: CJA's January 22, 2002 letter to 1st Dept. Judicial Screening
Exhibit
G: CJA's February 7, 2002 letter to 1st Dept. Judicial Screening
Exhibit H-1: CJA's January 20, 2002 fax to Nan Weiner/Exec Director, Gov Pataki's
Judicial Screening Committees
Exhibit H-2: CJA's February 7, 2002 letter to Nan Weiner/Exec. Director, Gov Pataki's
Judicial Screening Committees
Exhibit H-3: CJA's February 13, 2002 fax to Nan Weiner/Exec. Director, Gov
Pataki's Judicial Screening Committees
Exhibit
I-1: CJA's January 23, 2002 letter to 1st Dept. Judicial Screening
Exhibit
I-2: CJA's February 13, 2002 letter to 1st Dept. Judicial Screening
APPELLATE
DIVISION'S MARCH 26, 2002 DECISION & ORDER
(Nardelli, Mazzarelli, Andrias, Betty Weinberg Ellerin, Rubin)
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CJA'S FEBRUARY 20, 2002 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S FEBRUARY 27, 2002 OPPOSING AFFIDAVIT
CJA'S MARCH
6, 2002 REPLY AFFIDAVIT IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF LEAVE TO APPEAL
Table of Exhibits
Exhibit B:
Sassower's February 20, 2002 hand-written notice to A.G.
Spitzer
APPELLATE DIVISION'S MARCH 26, 2002 DECISION & ORDER
(Nardelli, Mazzarelli, Andrias, Betty Weinberg Ellerin, Rubin)
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CJA's MAY 1,
2002 NOTICE OF APPEAL
-- served on the Commission, the Attorney General, &
Solicitor General
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