Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M178520

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PETER B. SKELOS, J.P.

THOMAS A. DICKERSON

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.

2014-00627 In the Matter of Aleeyah T. M. (Anonymous). Harlem Dowling - Westside Center for Children and Family Services, et al., petitioners-respondents; Lee R. M. (Anonymous), et al., respondents-appellan (Docket No. B-9945-10)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ts.

Motion by Austin I. Idehen to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute an appeal by Lee R. M. from an order of the Family Court, Queens County, dated December 12, 2013, on the ground that the respondent-appellant Lee R. M. has abandoned his appeal by failing to communicate with assigned counsel.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the parties are directed to show cause before this Court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal by Lee R. M. in the above-entitled proceeding on the ground that he has abandoned his appeal by failing to communicate with assigned counsel, by each filing an affirmation or affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court and serving one copy of the same on each other on or before September 4, 2014; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court, or her designee, is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the parties or their attorneys, and upon the respondent-appellant Lee R. M., by regular mail; and it is further,

ORDERED that assigned counsel's motion is held in abeyance in the interim.

SKELOS, J.P., DICKERSON, AUSTIN and DUFFY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court