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TESTING IN A
SINGLE PERFECT CASE
THE CHECKS ON
FEDERAL JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT
TOUTED BY THE 1993
REPORT OF
THE NATIONAL
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE & REMOVAL
— and documenting their
complete worthlessness
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A public
interest lawsuit to protect
judicial
whistle-blowing attorneys from judicial retaliation
DORIS L.
SASSOWER,
Plaintiff,
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v -
HON. GUY MANGANO, PRESIDING
JUSTICE OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION, SECOND DEPARTMENT OF
THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, and
the ASSOCIATE JUSTICES THEREOF, GARY CASELLA and EDWARD
SUMBER, Chief Counsel and Chairman, respectively, of the
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
Does 1-20, being present members thereof, MAX GALFUNT,
being a Special Referee, and G. OLIVER KOPPELL, Attorney
General of the State
of New York, all in their official and personal
capacities,
Defendants.
UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT
(#98-106)
PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR
A WRIT OF CERTIORARI, May 18, 1998
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WAIVER,
August 4, 1998
PETITIONER’S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF,
September 2, 1998
PERTINENT DOCUMENTS IN
SUPPLEMENTAL APPENDIX &/OR LODGED WITH CLERK'S OFFICE
CJA's statement for the record of the House
Judiciary Committee's June 11, 1998 "oversight
hearing of the administration and operation of the
federal judiciary"
Accompanying Compendium of Documents Annexed to the
Statement
CJA's
March 10, 1998 memorandum to House Judiciary
Committee
CJA's published article, "Without Merit: The
Empty Promise of Judicial Discipline",
The Long Term View (Massachusetts School of Law)
(summer 1997)
CJA's
March 10, 1998 fax coversheets/receipts of certified
mailing
CJA's
March 23, 1998 memorandum to House Judiciary
Committee
Ex. A: CJA's
March 13, 1998 letter to Professor Burbank
Ex. B: Professor Burbank's
March 15, 1998 fax
Ex. C: CJA's
March 16, 1998 memo to House Judiciary
Committee
Ex. D: CJA's
July 22, 1993 letter to National Commission
on Judicial Discipline
&
Removal
Ex. E: CJA's
June 9, 1993 letter to Counsel/House
Judiciary Committee
CJA's
March 23, 1998 fax coversheet to House Judiciary
Committee
CJA's
May 22, 1998 letter to House Judiciary Committee
CJA's
April 24, 1998 testimony before the Commission on
Structural Alternatives for
the Federal Courts of Appeals
"Where Do You Go When Judges Break the Law",
$16,770 ad, NYT, 10/26/94
"Restraining 'Liars in the Courtroom' and on the
Public Payroll", $3,077 ad, NYLJ, 8/27/97
CJA's
May 29, 1998 letter to Administrative Office of the
U.S. Courts
CJA's
June 5, 1998 letter to House Judiciary Committee
Correspondence with House Judiciary Committee
during Democratic control:
CJA's
July 29, 1993 letter to Counsel
CJA's
August 26, 1993 letter to Counsel
January 4, 1994 letter from Counsel
CJA's
January 31, 1994 letter to Counsel
CJA's
December 2, 1994 letter to Counsel
CJA's
December 27, 1994 letter to Counsel
Correspondence with House Judiciary Committee
following the Republican
take-over
CJA's
February 2, 1995 letter to staff
CJA's
June 30, 1995 letter to Counsel
CJA's
July 10, 1995 letter to Asst. Counsel
July 20m 1995 letter from Asst. Counsel
CJA's
November 8, 1995 letter to Asst. Counsel
CJA's
December 1, 1995 letter to Asst. Counsel
CJA's
January 29, 1996 to Counsel/Democratic Minority Side
CJA's
March 28, 1996 letter to Chief Counsel
CJA's
January 20, 1998 fax to Counsel
CJA’s statement at the April 24, 1998 public
hearing of the Commission on Structural Alternatives
for the Federal Courts of Appeals
Petitioner’s July 20, 1998 letter to U.S. Solicitor
General Seth Waxman
August 10, 1998 letter from Solicitor General
Petitioner'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, 1994 letter to Civil Rights
Division: Voting Section/Justice Dept.
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, 1998 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.
CJA’s November 24, 1997 letter to
Deputy General Counsel, Administrative Office of the
U.S. Courts
Exhibit A: Inventory of transmitted file:
Sassower v.
Mangano
Exhibit B: fax transmitting "Without Merit: The Empty
Promise of Judicial Discipline"
Exhibit C: NYLJ item, 5/16/97
Petitioner’s January 26, 1998 letter to ABA
President Jerome Shestack
Exhibit A: "Where Do You Go When Judges Break the
Law?", NYT, op-ed ad, 10/26/94
Exhibit B: "Restraining 'Liars in the
Courtroom' and on the Public Payroll", NYLJ, ad,
8/27/97
Exhibit C: Inventory of transmitted file of
Sassower
v. Mangano, et al.
Exhibit D: 1994 report of ABA Task Force on
Judicial Removal
Exhibit E: report of ABA Commission on Separation of
Powers & Judicial Independence
Exhibit
F: "Without Merit: The Empty Promise of Judicial
Discipline", The Long Term View, 1997
Petitioner’s August 11, 1998 letter to ABA President
Philip Anderson
Exhibit A-1:
July 12, 1976 letter of Francis Plimpton on
behalf of Doris Sassower, with petition
signatures
Exhibit A-2: "New York Women's Bar Ex-President Gets
Wide Support for Election to ABA House",
NYLJ, 8/3/76
Exhibit A-3: Petitioner's listing in Martindale-Hubbell
Law Directory, 1989
Exhibit B-1: "The Risks To Judicial Independence",
Pres Shestack's message/ABA Journal, 6/1998
Exhibit B-2: "With professionalism movement
well under way, it is time for lawyers to address
justice
issues",
Pres. Shestack, National Law Journal, 8/4/98
Exhibit B-3: "The bar must campaign for the
independence of the judiciary -- and of the legal
profession itself',
Pres-Elect Anderson, National Law Journal, 8/4/98
Exhibit C: CJA's
January 26, 1998 letter to President Shestack
Exhibit D: CJA's
March 27, 1998 letter to President Shestack,
with
Giraffe Project press release & award
and
"True Believers", Westchester County Weekly,
3/18/98
Exhibit E:
April 8, 1998 fax to President Shestack
Exhibit F:
May 5, 1998 fax to President Shestack
Exhibit G:
May 18, 1998 fax from ABA Center for
Professional Responsibility
Exhibit H: CJA's 1992 faxes to Shestack
Exhibit I-1: CJA's
December 27, 1997 letter to Patricia Hynes, 2nd
Circuit Representative/ABA
Standing
Committee on Federal Judiciary
Exhibit I-2: CJA's
October 31, 1995 letter to Patricia Hynes
Exhibit J: CJA's
January 8, 1998 letter to President Shestack
Exhibit K: CJA's
January 9, 1998 letter to President Shestack
Exhibit L: CJA's
January 12, 1998 letter to President Shestack
Exhibit M: CJA's
January 14, 1998 letter to President
Shestack"
Exhibit N: CJA's
May 27, 1996 letter to SJC Chairman
Hatch, as reprinted in record of SJC's May 21,
1996 hearing on "The "Role of the ABA in the Judicial Selection
Process"
Exhibit O-1: CJA's
July 30, 1998 letter to SJC
Exhibit O-2: CJA's
August 3, 1998 letter to SJC
Exhibit O-3: CJA's
August 3, 1998 fax to organizations
PETITIONER’S SEPTEMBER 23, 1998 LETTER-APPLICATION TO
THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FOR DISCLOSURE AND
DISQUALIFICATION, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C §455
Exhibit A:
In re George Sassower, 510 U.S. 4, 114
S.Ct. 2 (1993)
Exhibit B-1: Petitioner’s
September 2, 1998 letter to Chief Deputy
Clerk
Exhibit B-2: Petitioner’s
September 17, 1998 letter to Chief Deputy
Clerk
Exhibit C: CJA’s
September 4, 1998 memo to governmental & bar
recipients of supplemental brief
Exhibit D:
certified mail/return receipts for September 4, 1998 memo
Exhibit E-1:
USC Law School Announcement: Judicial Independence & Accountability
Symposium
Exhibit E-2: Speech by Justice Anthony Kennedy: “Judicial
Ethics and the Rule of Law”, summer 1996
PETITIONER’S SEPTEMBER 29, 1998 LETTER TO DEPUTY CLERK
FRANCIS LORSON
PETITIONER’S OCTOBER 14, 1998
IMPROVISED JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT vs THE JUSTICES (LETTER TO CHIEF CLERK
WILLIAM SUTER)
Exhibit A: October 6, 1998 letter from Suter's
Administrative Assistant, docket sheet
Exhibit
B: 1993 Report of the National Commission on Judicial
Discipline & Removal, pp. 121-3
PETITIONER’S OCTOBER 26, 1998 LETTER TO DEPUTY CLERK
LORSON
PETITIONER’S OCTOBER 26, 1998 LETTER
TO CHIEF CLERK SUTER
PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR
REHEARING, October 30, 1998
PETITIONER’S NOVEMBER 6, 1998 LETTER TO CHIEF DEPUTY
CLERK LORSON, enclosing
CJA’s NOVEMBER
6, 1998 IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST THE JUSTICES
Exhibit
A: CJA's May 29, 1998 letter to William
Burchill and Jeffrey Barr, General Counsel & Assistant
General Counsel/Administrative Office
of the U.S. Courts, to which Chief Justice Rehnquist
was
indicated recipient in his capacity as head of the
Judicial Conference
Exhibit B: Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline
and Removal, pp. 121-123
CONTINUES with:
TEST #1 -- 1999:
November 6, 1998 IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT --
& THE 1993 REPORT OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL
DISCIPLINE & REMOVAL
2004 SUPPLEMENT
TO IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT
-- &
TEST #2:
Supreme Court's impeachable
repudiation of Congressionally-imposed obligations of
disqualification & disclosure under 28 USC 455 & disregard for the
single recommendation
addressed to it by the 1993 Report of the National Commission
on Judicial Discipline & Removal that it consider establishing an
internal mechanism to review judicial misconduct complaints against
its justices.
AND,
ADDITIONALLY -- on the state level --
CJA's October 6, 1998
judicial misconduct complaint against the Appellate Division, Second
Department Justices, filed with the New York State Commission on
Judicial Conduct
-- based upon their readily-verifiable litigation misconduct & fraud in
Sassower v. Mangano
-- resulting in
Test Cases-State (COMMISSION)
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