WPC zo[ka>AⳢS{a)H܀5S6lJ,"&_c7 5k1YrM}7ia7%`R|(9,G4t/NFZ>v&z8۴$v='mH US$o}Oꫨ*z4wjl-go<ӗrW ~I!ύς O1bmFCw.|`Бʆsg-4Jœ@12?ȩ͙89:>-l5k]#!U N %O 0(U^ }w@4 m$ 0N)Nw yrHP LaserJet 8000 N PCL 60(hH  Z6Times New Roman RegularX($u, rEstUuvw xEyEz{EИA'"3|x{Uwww.mass.gov/cjc.(O$Hwww.mass.gov/cjc/formal_charges/Lopez/formal_charges.wpd !  _3XXTRYX3'LetterheadX3' Letter3'Letterhead3'T{z   `     h   z{   PRESSRELEASE   CONTACT:0 ` JillPearson0` (#` (#0h(#(#0h(#h(#0(#(#FORIMMEDIATERELEASE (#(#    ` ActingExecutiveDirector0  0(#(#May7,2002 (#(#    ` 6177258050 #X X3+#COMMISSIONONJUDICIALCONDUCTFILESFORMALCHARGESAGAINST3XX    #X X3#JUDGEMARIAI.LOPEZ3XX     *   BOSTON,MA(May7,2002) FormalChargeshavetodaybeenfiledwiththeSupreme  JudicialCourtagainstJudgeMariaI.Lopez,AssociateJusticeoftheSuperiorCourtDepartment,arisingfrom63complaints,Numbers2000110,et.seq.,whichwerefiledagainsther.JudgeLopezsresponsetotheFormalChargeshasalsobeenfiledwiththeSupremeJudicialCourt.Copiesofbothdocumentsareattached.%    TheCommissionhasaskedtheSupremeJudicialCourttoappointaHearingOfficertopresideatthePublicHearingofthesematters.TheCommissionwillthenscheduletheHearingtotakeplaceinthirtytosixtydaysafterthatappointment,inaccordancewith_G.L._c.211CandCommissionRule8.CopiesoftheCommissionsstatuteandRulesarealsoattached.InformationabouttheCommissionisavailableatourwebsite:4   O  5  www.mass.gov/cjc "^" 6l O  7 ~  ## #$ ClickhereforFormalChargesAgainstJudgeLopez:4 %  O  5  www.mass.gov/cjc/formal_charges/Lopez/formal_charges.wpd6  O   7   % & ClickhereforResponseToFormalChargesByJudgeLopez:ttu_www.mass.gov_/_cjc_/_formal_charges_/Lopez/uv_response_to_vuformal_charges.wpd_ #X X3q#3XX u (#) wqwww.mass.gov/_cjc_/_formalqwrq)cqrws_charges_/Lopez/response_to_formal_charges.wpdswxs -(. sxy -(. y\ #X X3 #