THE CNMI government has sued Commonwealth Utilities Corp. spokeswoman Pamela Mathis for allegedly unlawfully occupying a government housing unit.
Mathis was admitted to the Commonwealth Health Center yesterday, Variety learned.
Assistant Attorney General Joseph LG. Taijeron Jr. asked the Superior Court to issue a judgment declaring that the Attorney General’s Office is entitled to possession of the housing unit occupied by Mathis.
Taijeron sought for the immediate eviction of Mathis from the housing unit.
He also demanded payment for unpaid rent in the amount of $850 per month for the period beginning Sept. 2001 and ending on the day she vacates the premises.
The government also sought damages relating to the cost of removing all personal property of Mathis from the premises and the cost of restoring them to their original condition.
Mathis has occupied and continues to occupy government quarters no. 1348 without permission or authority, Taijeron said.
In his capacity as then assistant attorney general, Elliot A. Sattler was assigned the housing unit on Jan. 13, 1991.
Sattler lawfully occupied the housing with his wife, Mathis, while he was employed with AGO.
As of Sept. 2001, Taijeron said, Sattler was no longer employed by AGO. Sattler currently works as legal counsel of the Tinian gaming commission.
“Defendant is an employee of the government who is not entitled to housing privileges under her current employment contract with CUC,” Taijeron said.
Last Jan. 30, AGO advised Mathis in writing that she must vacate the house and remove all her personal belongings.
Last Feb. 7, AGO advised Mathis’s attorney, Eric S. Smith, that she had until Feb. 11, 2002 to vacate the housing and to remove her personal property.
Taijeron said Mathis failed to vacate the house.
