The Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, "top of the food chain" and roommate/buddy of Judge James Tormey, Judge Tormey and others were sued for misconduct

A court interpreter has sued the Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick and his buddy and law school roommate Judge Tormey, for discrimination in assignments to court cases at Fitzpatrick's bidding.

These two buddies appear to do each other big favors, at the detriment of others, and at a great cost for New York State taxpayers, for years.

For example, it took 4.5 years to litigate a lawsuit of Onondaga County Family Court employee Bobette Morin against Judge Tormey, (now former) Judge Bryan Hedges and others, for discrimination and retalitaion against Bobette Morin when she refused to comply with Judge Tormey's "request" to spy and "dig dirt" on another judge, and Democratic judicial candidate for a future election.

Misconduct was committed by Judge Tormey, it had nothing to do with his duties as a judge, but Judge Tormey received free legal representation from New York State Attorney General and the case was settled for $600,000, also paid by New York taxpayers.

The judge did not suffer any discipline, but his Co-Defendant Bran Hedges was taken off the bench on a complaint from Judge Tormey's buddy William Fitzpatrick, after William Fitzpatrick's scheme to blackmail Judge Hedges has failed.

Bear in mind that William Fitzpatrick was also one of the members of the famous disbanded "Moreland" Commission.  He was put in charge of ethics in the government.

Imagine, William Fitzpatrick, after his attempt to blackmail Judge Hedges to pay the alleged victim some money (even though both civil and criminal actions would be time-barred at that time by the statutes of limitations) and share the bounty with Mr. Fitzpatrick, to guard "ethics in the government" of this entire state.

So, on complaint of William Fitzpatrick, NYS Commission took of the bench the "offender", Judge Hedges who outed Judge Tormey to Bobette Morin, telling her that Judge Tormey and his personnel was targeting her for discrimination: see a snippet from Ms. Morin's affidavit filed with the federal court:

Judge Tormey also does not forget his buddy and practically cut off livelihood of the court interpreter who had the misfortune of being acquitted of criminal felony charges brought against her by DA William Fitzpatrick who claimed to her, according to her federal complaint filed in the Northern District of New York on January 15, 2015, that he is allegedly the "top of the food chain" and that he will make sure she will go to prison.

Well, Ms. Rodriguez-Walker did not go to prison, instead she was acquitted, obviously displeasing Judge Tormey's buddy William Fitzpatrick.

So, a revenge plan was hatched, and now Ms. Rodriguez-Walker 

cannot get interpreting assignments, despite her certification, because Judge Tormey, obviously doing his buddy Fitzpatrick's bidding, blocks her from getting such assignment and proactively sent e-mail to judges, according to Ms. Rodriquez-Walker's federal complaint, practically directing courts not to hire this Spanish interpreter, even though there is a high and reportedly unmet need for her professional services.

After all, what are rights of those underserved criminal defendants to understand criminal proceedings against them, against friendship since law school between the Chief Administrative Judge and the county District Attorney?