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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, February 22 in honor of Judge Roger J. Miner, a federal U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Second Circuit, who passed away at his home in Hudson, NY on Saturday, February 18, 2012.  

Judge Miner served as an assistant district attorney of Columbia County, and soon after became district attorney of Columbia County until 1975. The following year, he was elected as justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District, where he served for five years.  Judge Miner was nominated in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan to the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.  In 1985, President Reagan promoted Judge Miner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, where he served for nearly three decades. 

Effective:  Beginning of Business, Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Return to Full Staff: Sunset, Wednesday, February 22, 2012