Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

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ROBERT A. SPOLZINO, J.P.

DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

PLUMMER E. LOTT, JJ.

2001-07602, 2006-07573 The People, etc., respondent, v Winston Mendez, a/k/a Richard Thomas, appellant. (Ind. No. 179 1/00)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the appellant pro se on an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered July 19, 2001, and an order of the same court dated March 30, 2005, for leave to prosecute the appeal from the order as a poor person and the assignment of counsel.

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

ORDERED that the appellant is directed to show cause before this court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeals on the ground that he has abandoned the appeals, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this court on or before June 12, 2009; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this court or his designee is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the appellant at his last known place of residence or, if he is imprisoned, at the institution in which he is confined, and upon the attorney who last appeared for him, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).

SPOLZINO, J.P., ANGIOLILLO, LEVENTHAL and LOTT, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court