Matter of B. (Anonymous), Jean Pierre
Motion No: 2015-12354
Slip Opinion No: 2016 NY Slip Op 69802(U)
Decided on April 8, 2016
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

M209592

E/sl

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P.

L. PRISCILLA HALL

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX

HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.

2015-12354

In the Matter of Jean Pierre B. (Anonymous).

Suffolk County Department of Social Services,

petitioner-respondent; Pierre B. (Anonymous),

et al., respondent-appellant.

(Docket No. A-12263-15)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal by Pierre B. from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, dated November 20, 2015. By order to show cause dated October 15, 2012, the parties were directed to show cause before this Court why an order should or should not be made and entered relieving the attorney assigned by order on certification of this Court dated January 12, 2016, to perfect the appeal on behalf of the respondent-appellant on the ground that the attorney had been unable to contact the respondent-appellant, and dismissing the appeal.

Now, upon the order to show cause and the papers filed in response thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted, assigned counsel is relieved of the assignment, and the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements (see 22 NYCRR 670.4[a][2]).

LEVENTHAL, J.P., HALL, HINDS-RADIX and LASALLE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court