| People v Taj, Argam |
| Motion No: 2018-07578 |
| Slip Opinion No: 2021 NY Slip Op 70074(U) |
| Decided on August 6, 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. |
Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department
M278573
AFA/
LEONARD B. AUSTIN, J.P.
LINDA CHRISTOPHER
LARA J. GENOVESI
WILLIAM G. FORD, JJ.
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2018-07578 The People, etc., respondent, v Argam Taj, appellant. (Ind. No. 7701/2017)
| DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION |
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered May 2, 2018. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved of the assignment on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to communications by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated June 23, 2021, the appellant was 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, and assigned counsel's motion was held in abeyance in the interim.
Now, upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of assigned counsel's motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed; and it is further,
ORDERED that assigned counsel's motion is granted.
AUSTIN, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, GENOVESI and FORD, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court