Matter of Elrington; Grievance Committee for the Second, El
Motion No: 2013-01451
Slip Opinion No: 2014 NY Slip Op 68688(U)
Decided on April 7, 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

M172309

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

2013-01451

In the Matter of Keith D. Elrington, admitt

as Keith Dalton Elrington a suspended atto

Grievance Committee for the Second, Elev

and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitione

Keith D. Elrington, respondent.

(Attorney Registration No. 3954385)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

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Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts to adjudicate the respondent in default upon the ground that he failed to file an answer to a verified petition dated February 5, 2013, to deem the charges admitted, and to impose such discipline as the Court deems just and proper. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated May 17, 2013, the respondent was immediately suspended pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1)(ii) and (iii), the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against the respondent based on the verified petition dated February 5, 2013, the respondent was directed to serve and file an answer to the petition within 20 days after service upon him of a copy of the decision and order on motion, and the issues raised were referred to the Honorable Arthur J. Cooperman, as Special Referee, to hear and report. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 20, 2001, under the name Keith Dalton Elrington.

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

ORDERED that the motion is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent's answer is accepted for filing; and it is further,

ORDERED that the parties are directed to proceed with the disciplinary proceeding previously authorized by the decision and order on motion dated May 17, 2013.

ENG, P.J., RIVERA, SKELOS, DILLON and BALKIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court