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aliases:
- Roger Whalen
category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
tags:
- PROMIS
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summary: "Roger Whelan was the bankruptcy judge who preceded Judge Bason in the District of Columbia."
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Roger Whelan was the bankruptcy judge who preceded [[George Francis Bason, Jr.|Judge Bason]] in the District of Columbia. He was appointed on February 8, 1984, and his term expired four years later.
Roger Whelan was the bankruptcy judge who preceded [[George Francis Bason, Jr.|Judge Bason]] in the District of Columbia. He was the District of Columbia's only bankruptcy judge until he resigned; George F. Bason Jr. was appointed on February 8, 1984 to fill the vacancy.[^2]
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations staff study of 1989 spells the name Whalen and records that Bason "had been appointed in 1984, to fill the unexpired term of retiring Judge Roger Whalen."[^3] A House report records that Judge Robinson said Bason "inherited a mess (administratively) in the clerk's office" when he took over for Whalen.[^4]
Whelan became involved in the controversy surrounding Judge Bason's non-reappointment. He was a practicing bankruptcy attorney and reportedly received complaints about Bason from several of his colleagues. These attorneys, according to Whelan, shared his view that Bason was pro-debtor and too slow in making decisions. Whelan reported these views to the Merit Selection Panel by telephone. The Special Counsel's investigation noted that Whelan's opposition to Bason's reappointment was significant, as it contributed to the perception that Judge Bason was a poor administrator. This perception, whether accurate or not, was made known to the Panel at least by Whelan and almost certainly by others.[^1]
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### Footnotes
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.
[^2]: U.S. Department of Justice, *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* (March 1993), p. 155. https://archive.org/stream/InslawPROMISBuaReport/Inslaw%3APROMIS%20Bua%20Report_djvu.txt
[^3]: U.S. Senate, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, *Staff Study of Allegations Pertaining to the Department of Justice's Handling of a Contract with INSLAW, Inc.*, S. Prt. 101-58 (1989), p. 36 n.182. https://archive.org/details/StaffStudyOfAllegationsPertainingToTheDepartmentOfJusticesHandlingOfAContractWithInslaw
[^4]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report*, H. Rept. 102-857 (Sept. 10, 1992), p. 105 (section VIII.B). https://archive.org/stream/InslawAffairInvestigativeReport/TheInslawAffair_djvu.txt