Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M106148

E/mv

PETER B. SKELOS, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

L. PRISCILLA HALL, JJ.

2009-11660 In the Matter of Dorene Driggers, respondent, v Ernie Driggers, appellant. (Docket No. F-06556-08)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Roman & Singh, LLP, the attorney for the appellant, for leave to withdraw as counsel on an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, dated November 30, 2009.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted, and Roman & Singh, LLP, is relieved from representing the appellant with respect to the instant appeal; and it is further,

ORDERED that on or before August 10, 2010, Roman & Singh, LLP, is directed to serve its client by one of the methods specified in CPLR 2103(c), with a copy of this order 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 order; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal by causing the original papers constituting the record on the appeal to be filed in the office of the Clerk of this court (see 22 NYCRR 670.4[a][2]) and by serving and filing the appellant's brief on the appeal is enlarged until September 9, 2010.

SKELOS, J.P., LEVENTHAL, CHAMBERS and HALL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court