Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M247640

E/afa

ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J.

RUTH C. BALKIN

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ.

2017-11615 Jerry Knight, appellant, v State of New York, respondent. (Claim No. 126029)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant for leave to prosecute an appeal from an order of the Court of Claims dated June 2, 2017, as a poor person, for the assignment of counsel, 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 prosecute the appeal on the original papers is granted, and the appeal will be heard on the original papers (including the transcript of the proceedings, if any) and on the briefs of the parties, who are directed to file nine copies of their respective briefs and to serve one copy on each other; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to enlarge the time to perfect the appeal is granted, and the appellant's time to perfect the appeal by causing the original papers constituting the record on the appeal to be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court (see 22 NYCRR 670.9[d][2]), and by serving and filing a brief on the appeal is enlarged until May 15, 2018; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branches of the motion which are to waive payment of the filing fee, for free transcripts, and for the assignment of counsel are denied.

SCHEINKMAN, P.J., BALKIN, AUSTIN and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court