Sheila Abdus-Salaam: American judge
Sheila Abdus-Salaam (Sheila Turner; born on March 14, 1952 – April 12, 2017) was an American judge.
Sheila served as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals. She was the first black woman and Muslim to be appointed to a seat on New York's highest court, and the first Muslim woman to serve on the bench in the United States.
Sheila Abdus-Salaam | |
|---|---|
| Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals | |
| In office May 6, 2013 – April 12, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Andrew Cuomo |
| Preceded by | Theodore Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sheila Turner March 14, 1952 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 2017 (aged 65) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Barnard College Columbia University |
Abdus-Salaam was found dead on April 12, 2017 at the age of 65. Her body was found floating in the Manhattan side of the Hudson River hours after she was reported missing from her home in Harlem.
Police believe Abdus-Salaam committed suicide by jumping into the river as she was suffering from depression for a long time.
References
Other websites
- Hon. Sheila Abdus-Salaam at NY Court System
This short article about a person from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Sheila Abdus-Salaam, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.