DOCKET NO. CA 09-02152

IN THE MATTER OF THE ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, RONALD BLECKINGER, CHARLES BURKHARDT, PAUL CONSTANTINO, ROBERT FIORETTI, LOUIS GONZALEZ, MARCIA KRUZYNSKI, ALLEN KUBIAK, KEVIN LOFTUS, JAMES MCMAHON, DAVID O'BRIEN, VINCENT PUPO, NORMAN REDEYE, THOMAS RICH, MARK ROKITKA, JAMES RYAN, SYLVAN SCIRRI, RAYMOND SPENCER, LONNIE WILLIAMS, ALFRED MUSSACHIO (DECEASED), BENJAMIN CRESPO, WILLIAM ROGOWSKI, PEDRO PABON, LORENDA WILLIAMS, JENNIFER CATANIA, STEPHEN RAIPORT, RYAN LEHIGH, FRANK DISPENZA, THOMAS DUDEK, ROBERT SLOEIR, TIMOTHY CARNEY, ROBERT BRAEUNER, BRADLEY HEBLER, DAVID KARNEY, CATHERINE LANNEN, CARL ANDOLINA, NICHOLAS BUDNEY, WILLIAM COOLEY, PATRICK HUMISTON, ANDREW KIEFER, JOHN LAKE, PAUL O'BRIEN, JAMES UNGER, MARK DONAHUE, KRISTINE MURRAY-MACK, FRANK LORENZO, DAVID DILLON, MARK TUCZYNSKI, TIMOTHY TAYLOR, SUSAN PUMA, DOUGLAS TUBINAS, CHARLES TIRONE, SHARON SAVANNAH, ROBERT RUTKOWSKI, LARRY BRAND, JR., JAMES MAZUR, RICHARD MANLEY, PETITIONERS/PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, V THE COUNTY OF ERIE AND ERIE COUNTY SHERIFF, RESPONDENTS/DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS

Respondents having moved to dismiss the appeal taken from an order of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie on June 12, 2009, on the ground that appellants have failed to perfect timely the appeal, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Paul D. Weiss sworn to October 21, 2009, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, the opposing affidavit of Kristin Klein Wheaton sworn to October 26, 2009, the reply affidavit of Paul D. Weiss sworn to October 28. 2009,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion be, and the same hereby is, granted to the extent that the appeal is dismissed without further order unless the appeal is perfected on or before December 2, 2009, without costs.

Entered: November 2, 2009

Patricia L. Morgan, Clerk