GILPATRIC (JUD. CONDUCT)

No. 196

13 N.Y.3d 586 (2009)

2009 NY Slip Op 9266

In the Matter of JAMES P. GILPATRIC, a Judge of the Kingston City Court, Ulster County, Petitioner. STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Long, Albany, for petitioner.

Robert H. Tembeckjian, New York City, Edward Lindner, Melissa DiPalo and Thea Hoeth for respondent.

Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur in per curiam opinion; Chief Judge LIPPMAN taking no part.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

On summary determination, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct sustained one charge of misconduct against petitioner, a City Court Judge, for his failure to render timely decisions in 47 cases over a period of 3½ years and concluded that his conduct constituted a pattern of "persistent or deliberate neglect of his judicial duties" (Matter of Greenfield, 76 N.Y.2d 293, 295...

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