Opinion
Decided December 5, 2005.
CONSIDERATION, by the Court of Appeals, on its own motion pursuant to NY Constitution, article VI, § 22 (e) and (g) and Judiciary Law § 44 (8) (a) and (c), of whether Honorable Laura D. Blackburne should be suspended from the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, pending disposition of her request for review of a determination by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Richard Godosky, New York City, for Laura D. Blackburne.
Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH, CIPARICK, ROSENBLATT, GRAFFEO, READ and R.S. SMITH concur.
OPINION OF THE COURT
On the Court's own motion, it is determined that Honorable Laura D. Blackburne is suspended, with pay, effective immediately, from the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, Queens County, pending disposition of a request for review of a determination by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.