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From: Linda Mangano LAMangano7@aol.com

To: Photius Coutsoukis <photius@theodora.com>>

Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 7:19 PM

Subject: Law Clerk Mary Chapyak



Mary Chapyak is a Judge in Buchanan
Village, Westchester County. She's about



age 38 now. I filed a SMALL CLAIMS
action against Ossining Village (for 
$575.31) and ended up in front of Judge
Chapyak. I have NEVER seen a Judge 
operate the way she did. She treated me
like trash, and practically kissed 
the defendant's attorney whenever he
walked in the court room.  Judge Mary 
Chapyak allowed ALL of the defendant's
motions: Pre-Trial Conference with 
Court Reporter, interrogatories, Bill of
Particular, Discovery, etc. When I 
asked for certain documents in a
Discovery Motion and the documents were
not 
provided, Judge Chapyak told me "You
have a enough papers. You don't need 
anymore". 


I had credible witnessess -- a School
Board Trustee and an ex-Village Trustee 
as examples, yet Judge Chapyak ignored
and disregarded their testimony in her 
final decision. 



My case was heard in October, 1998 and
since that time I have been waiting 
for Judge Chapyak to return my evidence
--original tax papers, cancelled 
checks, etc. In fact, no less than three
documents I put into evidence could 
not be found by Judge Chapyak on the
second date of trial!



I sat in Judge Chapyak's court room at
one time while she took care of 
vehicle and traffic fines. Time and
again she asked the court clerk what to 
do, how much the fine was, etc. This is
a Judge? 



I found her to be biased, discriminatory
and outright rude. How she ever 
became a judge, in my opinion, is beyond
my comprehension. 



On of these days I'll get around to
writing to the Commission on Judicial 
Conduct about her. I WANT MY EVIDENCE
BACK!  Oh, I was finally awarded almost 
$300, but should have gotten every
nickle back since I had overpaid my real



estate taxes!