MATTER OF MELISSA A. FERRUSI V SHARIFF K. JAMES
Motion No: CAF 12-01372
Slip Opinion No: 2012 NY Slip Op 83843(U)
Decided on September 10, 2012
Appellate Division, Fourth 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.


September 10, 2012

PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, FAHEY, AND PERADOTTO, JJ.

APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. CAF 12-01372
DOCKET NO. O-01079-11-12A

MATTER OF MELISSA A. FERRUSI, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT,

V

SHARIFF K. JAMES, RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.


Petitioner-respondent having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Cattaraugus County, entered in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on June 22, 2012,

Now, upon reading and filing the certification of Jessica L. Anderson, Esq., dated August 22, 2012, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Jeffrey M. Reed, Esq., Southern Tier Legal Services, 103 South Barry Street, Olean, New York 14760, is hereby assigned as counsel for petitioner-respondent herein and may submit ten copies of respondent's brief reproduced in accordance with CPLR 5529.

Entered: September 10, 2012

FRANCES E. CAFARELL, Clerk