Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M131860

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RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

SHERI S. ROMAN

SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.

2006-08182, 2006-08184 The People, etc., respondent, v Douglas Finney, appellant. (Ind. Nos. 06-00111, 06-00447)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the appellant pro se, in effect, to restore to active status appeals from two judgments of the County Court, Orange County, both rendered August 7, 2006, for leave to prosecute the appeals as a poor person, and for the assignment of 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 appeals on the ground that he has abandoned the appeals, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before February 21, 2012; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's motion is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court or her 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 pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).

BALKIN, J.P., LEVENTHAL, ROMAN and SGROI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court