Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M246894

E/rr

RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX

JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ.

2017-12806 The People, etc., ex rel. Jordan Wells, on behalf of Susai Francis, petitioner, v Vincent F. DeMarco, etc., respondent.

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by National Immigrant Justice Center, David Baluarte, Eduardo R.C. Capulong, Michael J. Churgin, Kate Evans, Cesar Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez, Denise Gilman, Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, Geoffrey A. Hoffman, Alan Hyde, Ulysses Jaen, Ramzi Kassem, Elizabeth Keyes, Ira J. Kurzban, Annie Lai, Christopher N. Lasch, Beth Lynon, M. Isabel Medina, Vanessa Merton, Jason Parkin, Huyen Pham, Karen Pita Loor, William P. Quigley, Sarah Rogerson, Victor Romero, Ruben G. Rumbaut, Erica B. Schommer, Christian Sundquist, Maureen A. Sweeney, David B. Thronson, Mary Pat Treuthart, Yolanda Vazquez, Robin Walker Sterling, Richard A. Wilson, Stephen Wizner, Mark E. Wojcik, for leave to serve and file an amici curiae brief in a proceeding for a writ of habeas corpus.

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 motion is granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the amici curiae brief must be served on the parties, and nine copies filed in this Court, on or before March 19, 2018; and it is further,

ORDERED that no oral argument by the amici curiae is permitted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the parties, if they be so advised, may file reply briefs to the amicus curiae brief within 10 days after service upon them of the amici curiae brief.

BALKIN, J.P., LEVENTHAL, HINDS-RADIX and MALTESE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court