Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M219161

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.

1994-04320 D In the Matter of John W. Blaha, admitted as John William Blaha, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1040534)

ECISION & ORDER ON APPLICATION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Renewed applicaion by John W. Blaha for reinstatement as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Blaha was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on December 18, 1968, under the name John William Blaha. By opinion and order of this Court dated August 9, 1993, Mr. Blaha was suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year in a prior separate disciplinary proceeding (see Matter of Blaha, 192 AD2d 255), under Appellate Division Docket No. 1990-02520. By opinion and order of this Court dated December 11, 1995, Mr. Blaha was suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year, effective immediately. By decision and order application of this Court dated November 12, 1998, Mr. Blaha's application for reinstatement was denied with leave to renew. By decision and order on application of this Court dated May 16, 2000, Mr. Blaha's renewed application for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on his current fitness to be an attorney.

Upon the papers filed in support of the renewed application and the papers filed in relation thereto, and upon the report of the Committee on Character and Fitness, it is

ORDERED that the renewed application is denied on the ground that the applicant has abandoned the renewed application.

ENG, P.J., RIVERA, DILLON, BALKIN and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court