Alexander v State of New York
Motion No: 2013-09849
Slip Opinion No: 2014 NY Slip Op 62320(U)
Decided on January 29, 2014
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

M168704

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RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ.

2013-09849

Dino Alexander, appellant,

v State of New York, respondent.

(Claim No. 117867)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from a decision of the Court of Claims dated July 29, 2013, 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 on the Court's own motion, the notice of appeal from the decision is deemed to be a notice of appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims dated August 28, 2013 (see CPLR 5512[a]); and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is for leave to prosecute the appeal on the original papers is granted, and the appeal will be heard on the original papers (including the transcript of the proceedings, if any) and on the briefs of the parties, who are directed to file nine copies of their respective briefs and to serve one copy on each other; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branches of the motion which are to waive payment of the filing fee, for free transcripts, and for the assignment of counsel are denied.

ENG, P.J., RIVERA, LEVENTHAL and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court