Smith v Ebenezer Baptist Church, Inc.
Motion No: 2011-07375
Slip Opinion No: 2012 NY Slip Op 75705(U)
Decided on June 8, 2012
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

M138879

E/sl

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

ARIEL E. BELEN

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.

2011-07375

George H. Smith, respondent,

v Ebenezer Baptist Church, Inc.,

et al., appellants.

(Index No. 08-3601)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellants to stay all proceedings in the above-entitled action, including the trial, pending hearing and determination of an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County, dated March 31, 2011, and for a preference in the calendaring of the appeal.

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

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to stay the trial is granted, and the trial in the above-entitled action is stayed pending hearing and determination of the appeal; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion is otherwise denied.

DILLON, J.P., BELEN, AUSTIN and SGROI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court