Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M268602

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JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P.

ROBERT J. MILLER

JOSEPH J. MALTESE

HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.

2018-15089 The People, etc., respondent, v Neptali Sanchez, appellant. (Ind. No. 1549N/18)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel on an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered November 21, 2018, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal by failing to communicate with assigned counsel.

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 on the Court's own motion, the appellant is directed to show cause before this Court why an order should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before February 5, 2020; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court or her designee is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the appellant at his last known place of residence or, if he is imprisoned, at the institution in which he is confined, and upon the attorney who last appeared for him, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).

LEVENTHAL, J.P., MILLER, MALTESE and LASALLE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court