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File Folder I:  Hirshman Documents

CJA's correspondence with and about Michele Hirshman, CHief of the Public Corruption Unit of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, involving her official misconduct in that position, hand-delivered to the law office of Attorney General-Elect Spitzer in substantiaion of CJA's December 24, 1998 letter for the rescinding of her appointment as First Deputy Attorney General


CJA's May 6, 1997 letter to Michele Hirshman, Chief/Public Corruption Unit -- "RE: Systemic Public Corruption in New York State, Unredressed by the State"
    enclosing CJA's August 1, 1995 letter to Deputy Chief/Criminal Division -- "RE: Abandonment of fundamental litigation and adjudicative standards in politically sensitive state court proceedings and complicity of state agencies and offices"
                      -- transmitting CJA's March 14, 1995 misconduct complaint to Brooklyn D.A. Hynes against the Chief of his Corruption Investigation Division
   & CJA's May 5, 1997 notice-challenge --RE: File of Article 78 proceeding,
Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct, N.Y. Co. Clerk #95-109141"
   
 Ex. A-1: "Commission Abandons Investigative Mandate", CJA's letter to editor, NYLJ, 8/14/95
      Ex. A-2: "
A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's $1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/96
      Ex. B: CJA's 3-page analysis of the fraudulent judicial decision in
Doris L. Sassower v. Commission, with annexed law: 22 NYCRR 7000.1 et seq., Judiciary Law 44.1, NYS Constitution, Article VI, Sec. 22


May 19, 1997 letter from Michele Hirshman, Chief/Public Corruption Unit

June 27, 1997 letter from Michele Hirshman, Chief/Public Corruption U
nit, returning [in uncreased, "untouched by human hands condition"] the materials transmitted by CJA under its August 1, 1995 letter, including the case file in Doris L. Sassower v. Commission on Judicial Conduct

Doris Sassower'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, 1998 letter to Civil Rights Division: Voting Section/Justice De
pt.

    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 Letter 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, 1997 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.

 

File Folder II

Documents presented to Attorney General Spitzer, in hand, on January 27, 1999, to substantiate CJA's letter to him of that date for an investigation of the fraudulent nomination and confirmation of Appellate Division, Second Department Justice Albert Rosenblatt to the NY Court of Appeals


1.   Documents substantiating CJA’s November 18, 1998 letter -- to which Attorney General Spitzer was an indicated recipient:

 CJA's three prior judicial misconduct complaints vs Appellate Division, 2nd Dept. Justice Albert Rosenblatt

CJA's September 19, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint

   Commission's September 28, 1994 letter acknowledging complaint

   Commission's December 13, 1994 letter dismissing complaint

CJA's October 26, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint
                   
"Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law?",
CJA's paid op-ed page ad, NYT, 10/26/94, filed with the Commission on that date.


    Commission's November 4, 1994 letter acknowledging complaint

    Commission's December 13, 1994 letter dismissing complaint

CJA's December 5, 1994 judicial misconduct complaint

   Commission's December 14, 1994 letter acknowledging complaint

   Commission's January 24, 1995 letter dismissing complaint

Uncontroverted cert petition & supplemental brief in federal action Doris L. Sassower v. Guy Mangano, et al., filed with Commission on Judicial Conduct in substantiation of October 6, 1998 judicial misconduct complaint  [see (blue) Folder I]

Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, May 18, 1998 

Supplemental Brief, September 2, 1998

2.  Documents substantiating CJA's Letter to the Editor "An Appeal to Fairness: Revisit the Court of Appeals" concerning the State Senate's fraudulent confirmation of Albert Rosenblatt to the Court of Appeals:

CJA's December 16, 1998 letter to David Gruenberg, Senior Counsel

Transcript of Senate proceedings, confirming Albert Rosenblatt to the Court of Appeals, December 17, 1998, 9:22 pm

CJA's January 13, 1999 letter too Susan Zimmer, Committee Clerk

 

File Folder III

 

 

CJA's 1999 FOIL Correspondence with Governor Pataki's Office

CJA's March 30, 1999 letter to Rosario Vizzie, Governor Pataki's Records Access Officer (Assistant Counsel) -- "RE: The Governor's Disclosure Obligations under the Freedom of Information Law"
  
Ex. A:  CJA's March 12, 1999 letter to the State Commission on Judicial Nomination
    Ex. B:  CJA's February 5, 1999 letter to the State Commission on Judicial Nomination
    Ex. C:  CJA's June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki


Assistant Counsel Vizzie's April 7, 1999 letter

Assistant Counsel Vizzie's May 6, 199
9 letter

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

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