In the Matter of Cynthia Gifford et Petitioners v Melisa Erwin Now Known as Melisa Mccarthy et

In the Matter of Cynthia Gifford et Petitioners v Melisa Erwin Now Known as Melisa Mccarthy et
Motion No: 520410
Slip Opinion No: 2015 NY Slip Op 84856(U)
Decided on September 10, 2015
Appellate Division, Third 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.

Decided and Entered: September 10, 2015520410

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In the Matter of CYNTHIA GIFFORD
et al.,
            Petitioners,
v    DECISION AND ORDER
   ON MOTION
MELISA ERWIN, Now Known as MELISA McCARTHY et al.,
            Respondents.
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Motion by Anti-Defamation League, Bend the Arc: a Jewish Partnership for Justice, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Global Justice Institute, Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Society for Humanistic Judaism, Japanese American Citizens League, Keshet, Metropolitan Community Churches, More Light Presbyterians, Nehirim, People for the American Way Foundation, Reconciling Works: Lutherans for Full Participation, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, Religious Institute, Inc., Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Council of Jewish Women, T'ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Union for Reform Judaism, Women of Reform Judaism and Women's League for Conservative Judaism for permission to file a brief amici curiae upon the proceeding.

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

ORDERED that the motion is granted, without costs, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to accept for filing the brief amici curiae received on August 20, 2015.
Peters, P.J., Garry, Egan Jr. and Devine, JJ., concur.

ENTER:
Robert D. Mayberger
Clerk of the Court