Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M113565

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MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO

ARIEL E. BELEN

SHERI S. ROMAN, JJ.

2008-03995 People of State of New York, respondent, v Geoffrey Boudreau, appellant.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by Brendan O'Meara, Esq., counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated March 10, 2008, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal, by failing to respond to correspondence sent to him by assigned counsel.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed 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 appeal on the ground that he has abandoned the appeal, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this court on or before February 3, 2011; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved 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.

DILLON, J.P., ANGIOLILLO, BELEN and ROMAN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court