Smith v State of New York
Motion No: 2020-00886
Slip Opinion No: 2021 NY Slip Op 62703(U)
Decided on March 5, 2021
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M275890

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REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY

VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON

LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.

2020-00886

Otis Smith, appellant,

v State of New York, respondent.

(Claim No. 121950)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims, dated November 12, 2019. Motion by the appellant pro se, in effect, for free transcripts, waiver of the filing fee, and for the assignment of 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 the motion is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, 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 1250.9[a][5]), and by serving and filing the appellant's brief, is extended until May 5, 2021.

RIVERA, J.P., CONNOLLY, BRATHWAITE NELSON and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court