PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., MARTOCHE, SMITH, CENTRA, AND FAHEY, JJ.

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 10-00440
DOCKET NO. B-00321-08
APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 10-00441
DOCKET NO. V-05635-08

MATTER OF DEVON J. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; RONALD W., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. MATTER OF RONALD W., PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V ERIE COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

Appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person on the appeals taken herein from orders of the Family Court, Erie County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on January 20, 2010, and for assignment of counsel,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Joseph C. Bania, Esq., dated March 25, 2010, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Alan Birnholz, Esq., 39 Gatehouse Lane, East Amherst, New York 14051, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, is hereby directed to provide Alan Birnholz, Esq. with copies of all papers and transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings had and filed in said Clerk's Office upon which the appeal is based, and

It is further ORDERED that the transcripts, if any, shall be filed with the Clerk of the Family Court, Erie County, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7).

Entered: April 21, 2010

PATRICIA L. MORGAN, Clerk