Matter of B. (Anonymous), Terrellana; Suffolk County Department of So
Motion No: 2016-12167
Slip Opinion No: 2017 NY Slip Op 67091(U)
Decided on March 13, 2017
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

M227579

E/ct

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

L. PRISCILLA HALL

SHERI S. ROMAN

VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.

2016-12167

In the Matter of Terrellana B. (Anonymous).

Suffolk County Department of Social Services,

petitioner-respondent; Keith T. B. (Anonymous),

respondent-appellant.

(Docket No. N-8945-16)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal by Keith T. B. from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, dated September 21, 2016. By order to show cause dated January 26, 2017, 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 December 5, 2016, to perfect the appeal on behalf of the appellant on the ground that the attorney had been unable to contact the appellant, and dismissing the appeal.

Now, upon the order to show cause and no papers having been 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]).

RIVERA, J.P., HALL, ROMAN and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court