In the Matter of the Application of ANONYMOUS

Motion No: M-6020

Slip Opinion No: 2017 NYSlipOp 65530(U)

Decided on February 28, 2017

Appellate Division, First 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.

February 28, 2017

In the Matter of the Application of

ANONYMOUS, SEALED

Plaintiff-Appellant, v

Martin T. Johnson, Mitchell Y. Cohen, Westchester County

Mary Lou Chatterton, and Gloria J. Anderson, individually,

Defendants-Respondents.

An appeal having been taken from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered on or about July 8, 2015, and an order of the Appellate Division, Second Department, entered on or about April 3, 2016, having transferred the appeal to the Appellate Division, First Department, And, defendant-respondent, Gloria J. Anderson, having moved to dismiss plaintiff's appeal (M-5157), And, plaintiff-appellant having cross-moved to disqualify defendant, Mary Lou Chatterton as matrimonial counsel in the Rockland County divorce action; and for leave to open a new attorney discipline investigation against defendants Gloria J. Anderson and Mary Lou Chatterton based on alleged new evidence (M-5608), And, defendants Martin T. Johnson and Mitchell Y. Cohen

having moved to dismiss plaintiff's appeal for violations of

the signature requirements of 22 NYCRR 130.1(a), or, in the alternative, to dismiss said appeal for failure to timely prosecute (M-6003), And, defendant Mary Lou Chatterton having cross-moved

to dismiss plaintiff's appeal, to unseal certain parts of

the record, and to impose sanctions upon plaintiff (M-6020), Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motions and cross motions, and due deliberation having been had thereon, it is Ordered that the motions and cross motions to dismiss plaintiff's appeal are granted unless the appeal is perfected

on or before March 20, 2017 for the June 2017 Term, and are otherwise denied, without prejudice to advancing arguments for relief directly on appeal. ENTERED: February 28, 2017

_____________________ CLERK

Present: Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding, Dianne T. Renwick Rosalyn H. Richter Karla Moskowitz Barbara R. Kapnick, Justices

M-6020

M-6003

M-5608

M-5157

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