President Clinton nominated Judge Sonya Sotomayor to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1997; she was confirmed to the position by the Senate in 1998. Judge Sotomayor served on the U.S. Court of Appeals from 1998-2009. In 2009 President Barack Obama nominated Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.
This collection contains biographical information of Sotomayor, her court opinions as Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and letters in support of her nomination. This collection also includes court records, correspondence, news clippings, articles, and emails concerning her nomination.
Note: These records were made available in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, FOIA 2009-1007-F. To view the complete finding aid of this collection click here.
Collections within Sonya Sotomayor:
White House Staff and Office Files
Email - Automated Records Management System & Tape Restoration Project
National Security Council (NSC) Cables, Email, and Records Management System
WHORM Subject Files
The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject File series is a document-level index maintained during the Clinton Administration which tracked some incoming correspondence and other documents as they were circulated throughout the White House and filed by WHORM. The records are tracked by an alpha/numeric code, and are listed as such.
Files:
Subject – Subject Code – File Number
Court of Appeals, U.S. – FG052 - 231957SS
Court of Appeals, U.S. – FG052 - 248518CU
White House Staff and Office Files
Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity.
Folders:
Personal Data Questionnaire Financial Disclosure
Update Senate Draft Update Senate Draft [2]
Sotomayor Miscellaneous Soto/3/98 Case
Committee on the Judiciary Questionnaire
Sotomayor – Supplement to Senate
Sotomayor – Senate Supplement, Letter Complaint from Attorney
Opinions and Newspaper Reports [1]
Opinions and Newspaper Reports [2]
Opinions and Newspaper Reports [3]
Supplement to Part 4 Confidential Question 4
Personal Data Questionnaire [1]
Personal Data Questionnaire [2]
Personal Data Questionnaire [3]
Personal Data Questionnaire [4]
Personal Data Questionnaire [5]
Personal Data Questionnaire [6]
Personal Data Questionnaire [7]
Personal Data Questionnaire [8]
Sonia Sotomayor – 2nd Circuit (NY) [1]
Sonia Sotomayor – 2nd Circuit (NY) [2]
Sonia Sotomayor – 2nd Circuit (NY) [3]
Sonia Sotomayor – 2nd Circuit (NY) [4]
Sonia
Sotomayor
– 22nd Circuit (NY) [5]
Sonia Sotomayor – 22nd Circuit (NY) [6]
Decision Memo: 3/26/97- Sotomayor; Raymar; Rangel
Email - Automated Records Management System
The email comes from two different databases. The first is the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) it contains email records of the executive office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS dataset is comprised of 6 sub-series or sections of email called “Buckets.” The buckets include NPR, OPD, POTUS, WHO, CEA, and Default. Email is arranged chronologically by creation date.
Date Range of Email:
Email - Tape Restoration Project
The second database of email is the Tape Restoration Project (TRP) it consists of recovered email from the Automated Records Management System from July 1994 through June of 2000. The TRP is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential record email. The TRP dataset is comprised of 6 sub-series or sections of email called “Buckets.” The buckets include NPR, OPD, POTUS, WHO, CEA, and Default. Email is arranged chronologically by creation date.
Date Range of Email:
National Security Council (NSC) Cables, Email, and Records Management Systems (RMS)
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