Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M198291

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REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

RUTH C. BALKIN

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ.

2014-06665 The People, etc., respondent, v Ralik Brooks, appellant. (Ind. No. 1026/13)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from an order of the County Court, Nassau County, dated May 7, 2014, 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 appellant is directed to show cause before this Court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that the order dated May 7, 2014, is neither appealable as of right nor by permission (see CPL 450.10, 450.15), by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before October 13, 2015; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's motion is held in abeyance pending determination of this Court's motion to dismiss the appeal; 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 appellant at the appellant's last known place of residence or, if the appellant is imprisoned, at the institution in which the appellant is confined, and upon the attorney who last appeared for the appellant, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).

RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, AUSTIN and MALTESE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court