| Matter of Welsh v Hightower |
| Motion No: 2017-06072 |
| Slip Opinion No: 2017 NY Slip Op 91547(U) |
| Decided on November 3, 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. |
Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department
M240716
E/ct
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
RUTH C. BALKIN
ROBERT J. MILLER
HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.
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2017-06072 In the Matter of Carolyn Welsh, respondent, v Darren Hightower, appellant. (Docket No. O-21182-16)
| DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION |
Appeal by Darren Hightower from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, dated May 3, 2017. By order to show cause dated September 12, 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 June 23, 2017, 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]).
DILLON, J.P., BALKIN, MILLER and LASALLE, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court