In re Lenney

*458OPINION OF THE COURT

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct found that four charges of misconduct had been sustained against petitioner, an attorney and part-time Herkimer Village Justice since 1974, and determined that the sanction of removal was appropriate. First, the Commission found that, based upon 35 criminal cases and six civil cases, petitioner had "engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of neglect of his judicial and administrative duties. Because he permitted lawyers and litigants to continually adjourn cases, simple criminal, traffic and small claims matters took years to…