Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M56952

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DAVID S. RITTER, J.P.

PETER B. SKELOS

ROBERT A. LIFSON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

2007-00119 Arthur Lange, respondent, v Alan Laughing Bear Walker, appellant. (Index No. 06-18752)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Rattet, Pasternak & Gordon Oliver, P.C., the attorneys for the appellant, for leave to withdraw as counsel on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered November 20, 2006.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in relation or opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted, and Rattet, Pasternak & Gordon Oliver, P.C., is relieved from representing the appellant with respect to the instant appeal; and it is further,

ORDERED that on or before July 24, 2007, Rattet, Pasternak & Gordon Oliver, P.C., is directed to serve its client by one of the methods specified in CPLR 2103(c), with a copy of this decision and order on motion and shall file proof of such service with the Clerk of this court; and it is further,

ORDERED that no further proceedings shall be taken against the appellant without leave of the court, until the expiration of 30 days after service upon him of a copy of this decision and order on motion; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged until August 23, 2007, and the record or appendix on the appeal and the appellant's brief must be served and filed on or before that date.

RITTER, J.P., SKELOS, LIFSON and BALKIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court