Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M281007

AFA/

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

BETSY BARROS

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2017-12348 The People, etc., respondent, v Zameer Mohamed, appellant. (Ind. No. 2065/16)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered August 17, 2017. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has absconded and is no longer available to comply with the mandate of the Court.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed 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 absconded and is no longer available to comply with the mandate of the Court (see People v Taveras, 10 NY3d 227), by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before February 18, 2022, by ordinary mail; assigned counsel or the respondent may respond to this order to show cause, if so advised, by uploading a digital copy of an affirmation or an affidavit through the digital portal on this Court's website, with proof of service thereof, on or before February 18, 2022; 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).

LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Maria T. Fasulo

Clerk of the Court