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Sheila Abdus-Salaam (née Turner; March 14, 1952 – April 12, 2017) [1] was an American lawyer and judge. In 2013, after having served on the New York City Civil Court, the New York Supreme Court, and the Appellate Division, Abdus-Salaam was nominated to the New York Court of Appeals (New York's highest court) and was unanimously confirmed as an Associate Judge by the New York State Senate.
Judge Court/agency and years of service (if known) State/territory Status Sheila Abdus-Salaam [18] New York City Civil Court (1992–1993); New York Supreme Court (1993–2009); Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Judicial Department (2009–2013); New York Court of Appeals (2013–2017) New York: deceased: Nancy Abudu [19]
In December 2014, Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal and Justice Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman granted bail to an Islamic State recruit and son of Justice Abdus Salam Mamun. [10] The Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court canceled the bail order of his son, Asif Adnan Shuvo, and Fazle Elahi Tanzil ...
Judge Years served Appointing Governor/Party Comment Sheila Abdus-Salaam: 2013–2017 Andrew Cuomo, Democrat Fritz W. Alexander II: 1985–1992 Mario Cuomo, Democrat Joseph W. Bellacosa: 1987–2000 Mario Cuomo, Democrat Charles D. Breitel: 1967–1978 Republican/Liberal: Also served as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals: Anthony ...
Sheila Abdus-Salaam (1977): [67] First African American female appointed as an Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals (2013) Doris Ling-Cohan (1979): [58] [33] First Asian American female to become an appellate judge in New York State (2014) and sit on the Appellate Term (2014)
In June 2017, Cuomo nominated Feinman to the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, to the seat left vacant by the death of Sheila Abdus-Salaam. [8] He was unanimously confirmed by the New York Senate the same month. Feinman was the first openly LGBT person to serve on New York's highest court. [2] [5] [9]
As President Donald Trump moved last month to free the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol, his newly appointed top prosecutor in Washington put his name on a request that a judge drop charges ...
Business and economics History of the United States dollar In an interview, U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. dollar is "getting too strong" and wants to keep interest rates low, causing the U.S. Dollar Index to fall. (Reuters) Law and crime Sheila Abdus-Salaam, an incumbent associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals and the first African-American woman to serve on the Court of ...