Judge Robert Chatigny, a friend of U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd, has been nominated to be an appellate judge on one of the most powerful courts in the nation.
Chatigny was involved in a controversy prior to the 2005 execution of Michael Ross, a convicted serial killer who strangled multiple women in Connecticut. A Simsbury resident, Chatigny presided over Dodd’s wedding at his waterfront home along the Connecticut River.
If confirmed, Chatigny would serve on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City, which handles appeals of cases from federal courts in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.
The Hartford Courant’s veteran court reporter, Edmund Mahony, has the details at http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-obama-nominates-chatigny-0224,0,745342.story