Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M244122

E/afa

L. PRISCILLA HALL, J.P.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

SANDRA L. SGROI

LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.

2017-09007 Medhat Jubran, et al., appellants, v Maimonides Medical Center, defendant third-party plaintiff- respondent; Long & DeLosa Construction Group, Ltd., third-party defendant-respondent. (Index No. 2112/11)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Jeffrey J. Shapiro & Associates, LLC, inter alia, for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellants on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated June 27, 2017, and to enlarge the time to perfect the appeal.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is for leave to withdraw as counsel is granted, and on or before January 19, 2018, Jeffrey J. Shapiro & Associates, LLC, shall serve its client by one of the methods specified in CPLR 2103(c), with a copy of this decision and order on motion and shall file proof of such service with the Clerk of this Court; and it is further,

ORDERED that no further proceedings shall be taken against the appellants , without leave of the Court, until the expiration of 30 days after service upon them of a copy of this decision and order on motion; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to enlarge the time to perfect the appeals is granted, the time to perfect the appeals is enlarged until March 20, 2018, and the record or appendix on the appeals and the appellants' brief shall be served and filed on or before that date; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion is otherwise denied.

HALL, J.P., AUSTIN, SGROI and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court