Sutton v Sutton
Motion No: 2011-05024
Slip Opinion No: 2011 NY Slip Op 88550(U)
Decided on November 1, 2011
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M128084

E/ct

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

RUTH C. BALKIN

RANDALL T. ENG

JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.

2011-05024

Gail G. Sutton, respondent,

v Alfred J. Sutton, appellant.

(Index No. 22011/09)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the respondent to dismiss an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated March 22, 2011, for "fail[ure] diligently to prosecute the appeal." Application by the respondent for an award of costs and an attorney's fee, and to impose a sanction upon the respondent.

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

ORDERED that the motion is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that the application is dismissed without prejudice to making a motion for the same relief (see CPLR 8022[b]).

DILLON, J.P., BALKIN, ENG and COHEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court