Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M247620

E/afa

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P.

SHERI S. ROMAN

BETSY BARROS

LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.

2017-11501 In the Matter of Eugene Bush, appellant, v Eric Gonzalez, etc., respondent. (Index No. 609/17)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant to enlarge the time to perfect an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated August 7, 2017, and for poor person relief.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition 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 motion is otherwise denied.

CHAMBERS, J.P., ROMAN, BARROS and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court