Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M208935

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REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

MARK C. DILLON

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

THOMAS A. DICKERSON, JJ.

2015-11121 People of State of New York, respondent, v Arthur Ellis, appellant.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by Robert C. Mitchell, counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County, dated September 25, 2015, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that no appeal lies from an order entered upon the consent of an appealing party.

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 no appeal lies from an order entered upon the consent of an appealing party (see CPLR 5511), by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before April 29, 2016; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel is held in abeyance in the interim; 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 his last known place of residence or, if he is imprisoned, at the institution in which he is confined, and upon the attorney who last appeared for him, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail.

RIVERA, J.P., DILLON, CHAMBERS and DICKERSON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court