May 13, 2022 document: class action suit filed by Joshua Cotter of Legal Services of Central NY filed on behalf of JUST and local family members
July 29th, 2022, decisive ruling by Judge Oliver Blaise III of the State Supreme Court
Oct 7th court documents, calling on the State Supreme Court to hold and sanction Sheriff Harder for contempt of the court: the Memo of Law (filed), and supporting affadavits by Martin Aff (Full File) and Cotter Affirmation
Oct 11th documents, including filings by JUST, the Sheriff’s office, the County lawyer, SCOC exhibit
October 27th submission by Broome County, just prior to court hearing on 28th (see WIVT report here)
SCOC denies any correspondence on visitation hours/days: in its filings of Oct 27th (see above) and in court on Oct 28th, the Sheriff and County lawyer justified severely shortened hours and days of visitation by saying that they had negotiated their visitation plan with the State Commission of Correction. The SCOC in a belated (after the court hearing) response to a freedom of information request on correspondence related to visitation and staffing replied they had no such records of any converstatiosn on the matter with the Sheriff. The response to the foil is here.
