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Documents Substantiating
CJA's
December 16, 2002 letter to Senate Majority & Minority Leaders in Opposition to Senate Confirmation of
Governor Pataki's Nomination of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman
James J. Lack to the Court of Claims
I. JUANITA BING NEWTON, renominated by Governor Pataki to
the Court of Claims on May 30, 1996, confirmed by the Senate on June 11, 1996
(1) CJA's April 18, 1996 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Counsel David Gruenberg --
"RE: Opposition to Senate Confirmation of Judge Newton, Member, New York
State Commission on Judicial Conduct"
Ex. A: NYLJ item, April 11, 1996
Ex B: CJA's repeatedly refaxed January 10, 1996 fax & CJA's March 29, 1996 letter
Ex. C: "Pataki's Secrets", op-ed by Andrea Bernstein, NYT, 3/23/96
Ex. D: "Comm'n Abandons Investigative Mandate", letter to editor, NYLJ,
August 14, 1995
Ex. E: "State politicians to scrutinize judicial-conduct panel", NY Post,
March 1, 1996
Ex. F: CJA's analysis of fraudulent decision in
Doris L. Sassower v.
Commission
(2) CJA's April 29, 1996 letter to
Michael Finnegan, Counsel to Governor Pataki, to which Mr. Gruenberg was an
indicated recipient
Ex. A: CJA's repeatedly refaxed January 10, 1996 fax
Ex. B: CJA's March 29, 1996 & April 24, 1996 letters to Mr. Finnegan
Ex. C: NYLJ item, June 29, 1995
Ex. D: CJA's April 18, 1996 letter to David Gruenberg
Ex. E: Executive Order #10: Judicial Screening Committees
Ex. F: Executive Order #11: Temporary Judicial Screening Committee
(3)
CJA's hand-delivery on May 7, 1996 of a copy
of the record
of Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on
Judicial Conduct of the State of NY
plus
handwritten-note
(4)
CJA's June 6, 1996 letter to
Senate Judiciary Committee counsel Gruenberg
(5) CJA's June 11, 1996 letter to
NYS Senators -- "RE: Opposition to Senate Confirmation of Governor
Pataki's Judicial Nominees and, in particular, to Judge Juanita Bing Newton"
Ex. A: CJA's April 18, 1996 letter
to David Gruenberg
Ex. B: CJA's April 29, 1996 letter
to Michael Finnegan
(6)
CJA's June 12, 1996 letter to
Governor's Counsel Michael Finnegan
II. ANDREW O'ROURKE, nominated by Governor Pataki to the
Court on Claims on December 12, 1997, confirmed by the Senate on January
11, 1998
(1) CJA's
January 2, 1998
letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Ex A: "O'Rourke could be wearing judge's
robes in January", Gannett, 12/22/97
Ex. B: CJA's December 22, 1993 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee counsel
Ex. C: CJA's December 18, 1997 letter to Secretary of the Senate
ENCLOSING:
(a)
CJA's December 23, 1997 letter to
Counsel/Governor Pataki
Ex. A:
CJA's June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki
Ex. B: CJA's December 3, 1997 fax coversheet to Nan Weiner
Ex. C: CJA's December 12, 1997 letter to Nan Weiner
Ex. D: CJA's
December 15, 1997 letter to Paul Shechtman
Ex.
E: CJA's December 15, 1997 fax coversheet to Nan Weiner
Ex.
F: NYLJ, ad, Novembeer 20, 1997
Ex. G-1:
"O'Rourke not qualified to serve as judge",
letter to editor by Eli
Vigliano, Esq., Gannett, December 3, 1997
Ex. G-2:
"O'Rourke could be wearing judge's robes in January", Gannett,
December 22, 1997
(b)
CJA's December 26, 1997 letter
to Andrew O'Rourke -
-- enclosing:
NJC's November 2, 1992 letter to
reporter Ed Tagliaferri, Gannett
"O'Rourke
not qualified to serve as judge", letter to editor, Gannett, December
3, 1997
"Untrustworthy
Ratings?", letter to editor, NYT, July 17, 1992
"O'Rourke
could be wearing judge's robes in January", Gannett, December 22, 1997
(c)
CJA's
December 29, 1997 memo to Members of Governor Pataki's State Judicial Screening Committee
--- transmitting to each member a copy of
NJC's May 1, 1992 critique &
compendium of exhibits & June 2,1992 letter to US Senate Majority Leader George
Mitchell
(2)
CJA's January 9, 1998 letter to Senate
Judiciary Committee
(3) CJA's
January 13, 1998
notice to Senators "WHY YOU MUST VOTE AGAINST SENATE
CONFIRMATION OF ANDREW O'ROURKE TO A $113,000 COURT OF CLAIMS JUDGESHIP"
(hand-delivered to virtually every Senator's office)
III.
ALBERT ROSENBLATT, appointed by Governor Pataki to the Court of Appeals
on December 10, 1998, confirmed by the Seante on December 17, 1998
(1)
CJA's December 16, 1998 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Counsel Gruenberg
IV. VICTORIA GRAFFEO,
appointed by Governor Pataki to the Court of Appeals on November 2,
2000, confirmed by the Senate on November 29, 2000
(1)
CJA's November 13,
2000 letter
to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lack and Justice
Graffeo -- "RE: The Public's Right to 'Hear' and "Be Heard"
at the Upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing on
Justice Graffeo's Appointment to the New York Court of Appeals"
TRANSMITTING:
CJA's OCTOBER 16, 2000 REPORT ON THE CORRUPTION OF "MERIT SELECTION"
BY THE NYS COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL NOMINATION
Ex. A-1: "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of
Appeals",
CJA's letter to the editor, NYPost, December 28, 1998
Ex. A-2: CJA's March 26,1999 ethics complaint to the NYS Ethics
Commission
Ex. B: CJA's September 15, 1999 ethics complaint/supplement to the NYS Ethics Commission
Ex. C-1: CJA's October 16, 2000 letter to NYS Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex. C-2: Commission on Judicial Nomination's October 4, 2000 report of recommendees
Ex. D-1: CJA's October 11, 2000 letter to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex. D-2: CJA's October 11, 2000 letter to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex. D-3: October 13, 2000 letter from Counsel/Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex. E-1: February 24, 2000 letter from Counsel/Commission on Judicial
Nomination,
enclosing Commission's November 12, 1998 report of recommendees
Ex. E-2: CJA's March 12, 1999 letter to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex. F: CJA's February 5, 1999 letter to Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex A-1: November 25, 1998 letter from Counsel/Commission on Judicial
Nomination
Ex. A-2: CJA's December 1, 1998 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Ex. B: CJA's December 16, 1998 letter to Senior Counsel/NYS Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ex. C: "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals",
NY Post, December 28, 1998
Ex. D: CJA's January 13, 1999 letter to NYS Senate Judiciary
Committee/Clerk
Ex. G-1: April 26, 1999 letter of Exec.Director/NYS Committee on Open
Government
Ex. G-2: CJA's May 3, 1999 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Ex. H: CJA's October 5, 1998 letter to Commission on Judicial Nomination
Ex. A: NYLJ notices, September 15, 1998, September 21, 1998
Ex. B-1: Commission on Judicial Nomination brochure
Ex. B-2-5: Commission on Judicial Nomination questionnaire
Ex. C: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?",
CJA's $16,770 ad, NYT,
October 26, 1994
Ex. D: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom and on the Public
Payroll",
CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, August 27, 1997
Ex. E-1: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", NYLJ,
August 14, 1995
Ex. E-2: "A Call for
Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, November 20, 1996
Ex. F: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems",
CJA's letter to editor, NYT, November 16, 1996
Ex. I: CJA's October 18, 1998 letter to Exec. Committee/City Bar
Ex. J-1: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems",
letter to the editor, NYT, Novemer 16, 1996
Ex. J-2: CJA's June 12, 1996 letter to Counsel to Governor Pataki
Ex. J-3: CJA's June 11, 1996 letter to NYS Senate
Ex. A: CJA's April 18, 1996 letter to Counsel/Senate Judiciary Committee
Ex. D: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", NYLJ,
August 14, 1995
Ex. F: CJA's 3-page analysis of decision in Doris L. Sassower
v. Commission
Ex. B: CJA's April 29, 1996 letter to Counsel to Governor Pataki
Ex. K: NYS Assembly Bill: February
23, 1983
INVENTORY OF FILE FOLDER A: documents pertaining to
the Commission on Judicial Nomination's recommendation of Stephen
Crane as "well qualified" for appointment to the NY Court of Appeals
INVENTORY OF FILE FOLDER B: documents pertaining to
the Commission on Judicial Nomination's recommendation of Juanita
Bing Newton as "well qualified" for appointment to the NY Court of
Appeals
CJA's NOVEMBER 13, 2000
REPORT ON THE COMPLICITY OF THE BAR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CORRUPTION
OF "MERIT SELECTION"
Ex. A-1: City Bar President Evan Davis'
October 18, 2000 letter to Governor
Pataki, with accompanying October 18, 2000 press release
Ex. A-2: October 19, 2000 front-page item, NYLJ
Ex. A-3: CJA's October 16, 2000 fax coversheet to City Bar Counsel
Ex. A-4: CJA's October 19, 2000 fax to City Bar Counsel
Ex. A-5: October 19, 2000 fax from City Bar Counsel
Ex. A-6: October 25, 2000 fax coversheet from City Bar Counsel,
enclosing member rosters
Ex. A-7: November 17, 1998 fax from City Bar Counsel with Executive
Committee membership
Ex. B-1: State Bar President's October 24, 2000 letter to Gov. Pataki
with
accompanying "Guidelines for Evaluating
Qualifications of Judicial Candidates"
Ex. B-2: State Bar's October 24, 2000 "News Release"
Ex. B-3: October 25, 2000 NYLJ front page item on State Bar's ratings
Ex. B-4: CJA's October 25, 2000 fax to State Bar counsel
Ex. B-5: State Bar membership list of its Executive Committee &
Judicial Selection Committee
Ex. B-6: State bar President's November 2, 2000 letter to NYS Senate
Judiciary Committee
Ex. C-1: Women's Bar Association's October 20, 2000 "Media Advisory"
Ex. C-2: October 23, 2000 NYLJ front-page item on Women's Bar ratings
Ex. C-3: CJA's October 23, 2000 letter to Women's Bar
Ex. C-4: website of Women's Bar listing its officers & past
presidents
Ex. D-1: October 20, 2000 letter from President/NYS Trial Lawyers
Association to Gov. Pataki's counsel
Ex. D-2: Trial Lawyers' October 20, 2000 "News Release"
Ex. D-3: October 24, 2000 NYLJ front-page item on Trial Lawyers' ratings
Ex. D-4: CJA's October 24, 2000 letter-fax to Trial Lawyers
Ex. E: "Court of Appeals Nominees Grilled by Bar Groups",
10/17/00 front-page article, NYLJ
Ex. F-1: Gov Pataki's November 2, 2000 press release: "Governor Pataki
Nominates Graffeo to
Court of Appeals"
Ex. F-2: "Pataki Selects Judge for Appeals Court He Sees as
Lenient", NYT, November 3, 2000
Ex. F-3: "Pataki Names Graffeo to Court of Appeals",
NYLJ, November 11, 2000
Ex. G: CJA's June 20, 2000 letter to Cit Bar President Evan Davis
Ex. H-1: CJA's September 18, 2000 letter to Guy Miller Struve & P. Kevin
Castel
Ex. H-2: November 3, 2000 front-page item/NYLJ
Ex. I-1: CJA's November 19, 1998 letter to Chairman/NYS Bar's Judicial
Selection Committee
Ex. I-2: CJA's January 4, 1999 letter to State Bar President
Ex. I-3: CJA's February 17, 1999 letter to State Bar President
Ex. I-4: February 18, 1999 letter from Counsel/NYS Bar
Ex. J-1: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?"
Ex. J-2: June 1, 1995 letter to Chairman/State Bar Committee on
Professional Discipline
Ex. J-3: June 5, 1995 letter from Counsel/NYS Bar
Ex. K: CJA's November 19, 1998 letter to Co-Chair/Women's Bar Judiciary
Committee/
with fax coversheets to her
& her Co-Chair, and Women's Bar President
(2)
CJA's November 21, 2000 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Lack
V. WILLIAM WETZEL, nominated by
Governor Pataki to the Court of Claims on June 12, 2001, confirmed by
the Senate on June 20, 2001
(1)
CJA's June 17, 2001 letter to
Chairman Lack/Senate Judiciary Committee
Ex. A: Gov Pataki's press
release announcing Wetzel's nomination & NYLJ item, 6/15/01
Ex. B: CJA's November 13,
2000 letter
to Chairman Lack
Ex. C-1: CJA's February
24, 2000
letter to Gov. Pataki -- ATT: Nan Weiner
Ex. C-2: CJA's March 7,
2000
letter to Gov. Pataki -- ATT: Nan Weiner
Ex. C-3: CJA's March 17,
2000
memo -- sent to Gov. Pataki -- ATT: James McGuire
Ex. C-4: CJA's April 24,
2000
memo -- sent to Gov. Pataki -- ATT: James McGuire
Ex. C-5: CJA's October
24, 2000
letter to Gov. Pataki -- ATT: James McGuire
Ex. D: CJA's March
27, 2001
letter to Ethics Commission
Ex. E-1: CJA's March 30,
2001
letter to Nan Weiner
Ex. E-2: Gov. Pataki's
March 15, 2001 press announcement on App. Div. designations
Ex. F-1: CJA's March 30,
2001
letter to Gov Pataki's records access officer
Ex. F-2: April 5, 2001 letter of
Gov. Pataki's records access officer
Ex. F-3: May 4, 2001 letter of
Gov Pataki's records access officer
Ex. F-4: May 17, 2001 letter of
Gov. Pataki's records access officer
Ex. F-5: CJA's June 4,
2001
letter to Gov. Pataki's records access officer
Ex. F-6: June 11, 2001 letter of
Gov. Pataki's records access officer
Ex. F-7: December 15,
1999
"Appointment Report" of 2nd Dept. Judicial Screening Committee for Justice Crane
-- transmitting to
appellate papers in
Elena
Ruth Sassower v. Commission :
(1) appellate brief & appendix; (2) Attorney General's
opposition brief; (3) CJA's 66-page critique of Attorney General's
opposition brief
(2)
CJA's June 19, 2001 letter to Senate
Judiciary Committee Chairman Lack & its four enclosures:
(i)
CJA's June 18, 2001 letter to Nan
Weiner, Executive Director/Governor Pataki's Judicial Screening Committees;
(ii) CJA's June 18, 2001 letter to
Paul Shechtman, Chairman/Governor Pataki's State Judicial Screening Committee;
(iii) CJA's June 18, 2001 letter to
Attorney General Spitzer; (iv)
CJA's June 18,
2001
letter to NYS Bar Association President Steven Krane, City Bar President Evan
Davis, and Steven Zeidman, Executive Director/Fund for Modern Courts
(3)
CJA's June 21, 2001 letter to Senate
Judiciary Committee
(4)
CJA's June 21, 2001 letter to Nan
Weiner, Executive Director/Governor Pataki's Judicial Screening Committees
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