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GOVERNOR
PATAKI'S APPOINTMENTS TO THE APPELLATE DIVISIONS -- FOR WHICH THERE IS
NO SENATE CONFIRMATION
ELEVATION OF WESTCHESTER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NICHOLAS COLABELLA TO
APPELLATE DIVISION, 1st Dept.
CJA's
June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki -- "RE: The public's right to basic
information and your unworthy appointment of Justice Nicholas Colabella
to the Appellate Division, First Department"
(indicated copies to all members of Gov's judicial screening
committees, NY bar associations, Fund for Modern Courts, Common Cause, NYPIRG,
Citizens Union, Gannett, NYLJ, NYT)
Ex. A-1: Gov's press
release announcing members of state judicial screening committee & 3 jud.
appointments
Ex. A-2: "Colabella to
Appellate Division", NYLJ, 5/15/97
Ex. B: Executive Order #11: Temporary Judicial Screening Committee
Ex. C: Executive Order #10: Judicial Screening Committees
Ex. D: "On Choosing Judges, Pataki Creates Problems", CJA's ltr to
editor, NYT, 11/16/96
Ex. E: "Pataki Names Panels for Judicial Screening", NYLJ, 3/6/97
Ex. F: Gov's classified ads of judicial vacancies
Ex. G: City Bar's Uniform Judicial Questionnaire
Ex. H: 3/24/92 front-page correction in NYLJ, with Doris Sassower's letter
to the editor
Ex. I-1: "Where Do You
Go When Judges Break the Law?", CJA's $16,770 op-ed ad, NYT, 10/26/94
Ex. I-2: Doris
Sassower's Director's Biography
Ex J-1: "Appellate
Selection Process Stirs Concern", NYLJ, 12/10/96
Ex. J-2: 12/16/96 item,
NYLJ
Ex. K: NY Judge Reviews (1997-8 edition)
CJA's June 12, 1997 memo to
indicated recipients of CJA's June 2, 1997 letter to Governor Pataki
-- "RE: Ensuring the public's right to basic information about
the Governor's judicial appointments process and protecting it from
unfit appointees"
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