Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M85992

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MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

ANITA R. FLORIO

RUTH C. BALKIN

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

2007-00188, 2007-00190, 2007-00192, 2007-00193 The People, etc., respondent, v Matthew Jenkins, appellant. (Ind. Nos. 7704/06, 7924/06, 7925/06, 7926/06)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Lynn W. L. Fahey, counsel assigned to prosecute appeals from four judgments of the Supreme Court, Kings County, all rendered November 8, 2006, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeals, by failing to respond to correspondence sent to him by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated March 10, 2009, the appellant was directed to show cause before this court why an order should or should not be entered dismissing the appeals on the ground that he had abandoned the appeals, and the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved was held in abeyance in the interim.

Upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the motion, in effect, to be relieved and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeals is granted and the appeals are dismissed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion, in effect, to be relieved is granted.

DILLON, J.P., FLORIO, BALKIN and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court