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JUDICIAL
MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT #12
CJA's March 3, 2000 complaint to Court of Claims
Judge/Acting NY Co. Supreme Court Justice William Wetzel & NY County Supreme
Court Chief Administrative Judge Stephen Crane
Enclosures to Complaint:
(1) 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, 8/14/95
Ex. B-2: "A Call for Concerted Action", CJA's
$1,648 ad, NYLJ, 11/20/97
Ex. B-3: "Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom and on
the Public Payroll", CJA's $3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
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. F: pp. 5-13 of the transcript of the 5/17/99
proceeding before Justice Lebedeff
Ex. G: pp. 8-17, 22-23 of the transcript of the 6/14/99
court conference before Justice Zweibel
Ex. H: transcript of the 10/8/99 proceeding
before Justice Zweibel
Ex. I: "Pols Rule Courtrooms: Acting Judges
Owe Their Jobs to Pataki, Rudy", NYDaily News, 1/18/00
Ex. J: Kamau Bey's 5/27/99, 6/25/99, and 7/23/99
judicial misconduct complaints against
Justice Wetzel &
Commission acknowledgment & dismissal letters
Ex. K: "Observers Say Judge Doomed Defense", NY
Post, 4/17/98, "Wacko Wetzel Left Oliver's Lawyer
Defenseless",
NYPost 5/30/98, "Cybersex Defense Wants Trial Halted", NY Daily News,
3/24/98, "Defense in Sexual Torture
Case Says Court Let the Accuser Lie", NYT, 3/24/98,
"Oliver Jovanovic:
First Sacrifice of the Digital Age", La
Journada, 5/19/98CJA's
(2)
CJA's February 25, 2000 notice
to A.G, Manhattan D.A., U.S. Attorney-SDNY, Ethics Commission
(3)
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
Commission's March 7, 2000
acknowledgment letter
Commission's April 6, 2000
dismissal letter --NO REASON
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CJA's
April 24, 2000 transmittal memo to Commission
(
-- 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 Manhattan D.A. Morgenthau
(3) CJA's April 24,
2000 letter
to U.S. Attorney White
(4) CJA's April 24,
2000 letter
to U.S. Attorney Lynch
CJA's
April 24, 2000 letter to Commission Clerk Albert Lawrence
CJA's
April 24, 2000 letter to Commission Administrator Gerald Stern --
"Request for legal authority authorizing the Commission to discard judicial
misconduct complaints"
--
George
Sassower's April 12, 2000 letter to Gerald Stern
CJA's May 17, 2000 letter to
Commission--
"(1) Request for a probative statement from Chairman
Salisbury as to the basis for the Commission's purported dismissal, without
investigation, of CJA's March 3, 2000 judicial misconduct complaint, the number
of Commissioners voting, their identities, and the availability of review by
Article 78, etc. (pp. 1-8); (2) Request that the Commission cancel the 1994
authorization it received from the State Archives and Records Administration to
destroy its files of judicial misconduct complaints dismissed, without
investigation, after a five-year retention, and that it immediately cease such
destruction, etc. (pp. 8-11)"
Ex
A: Commission's April 27, 2000 letter to CJA
Ex B: CJA's
April 24, 2000 letter to Commission: ATT: Stern
Ex C: CJA's
April 24, 2000 letter to Commission: ATT: Lawrence
Ex D: p. 60 of
"...And Justice For All",
report of Temporary Commission on the State Court
System (1973)
Ex E: "D.C.
judge probed on 'steered' cases", The Star-Ledger, 5/3/00
Ex F:
Commission's Records Disposition Request, March 30, 1994
CJA's
June 26, 2000 letter to Commission Chair Eugene Salisbury --
"Your Non-Response to CJA's May 17, 2000 letter for (1) 'a probative statement'
regarding the Commission's purported dismissal of CJA's March 3, 2000 judicial
misconduct complaint; and (2) cancellation of the 1994 authorization the
Commission received from the State Archives and Records Administration to
destroy files"
CJA's July 3, 2000
letter to Commission, enclosing
CJA's June 30, 2000
letter to Chief Judge Kaye
Commission's
July 12, 2000 inquiry letter
Chairman Salisbury's July 19, 2000 letter
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