Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M147484

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RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO

SANDRA L. SGROI

SYLVIA HINDS-RADIX, JJ.

2012-06031, 2012-09432 Rokeya Begum Abdul, plaintiff, v Ramon Lopez, respondent, Dikap L. Karmakar, appellant. (Appeal No. 1) Rokeya Begum Abdul, appellant, v Ramon Lopez, defendant, Dikap L. Karmakar, respondent. (Appeal No. 2) (Index No. 4285/07)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Dikap L. Karmakar to consolidate an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated March 14, 2012, with an appeal from an order of the same court dated July 9, 2012, and to set a joint briefing schedule for the consolidated appeal, and to enlarge the time to perfect the appeal from the order dated March 14, 2012.

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 enlarge the time to perfect the appeal from the order dated March 14, 2012, is granted, the time to perfect that appeal is enlarged until March 4, 2013, and the record or appendix and Dikap L. Karmakar's brief must be served and filed on or before that date; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to consolidate the appeals is denied as unnecessary as the appeals may be consolidated as of right (see 22 NYCRR 670.7[c][1]); and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion is otherwise denied.

ENG, P.J., ANGIOLILLO, SGROI and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court