PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, PERADOTTO, AND LINDLEY, JJ.

CAF 22-00950
Docket Nos. NA-15679-19, NA-15677-19, NA-15680-19, NA-15676-19
Docket Nos: NA-15674-19, NA-15681-19, NA-15675-19, NA-15680-19,
NA-05427-21

IN THE MATTER OF DORIKA S., JIBU M., SALAMA M., AND MUNEZERO L. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; LEOPOLD G., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. ———————————————&mdash ;————————- IN THE MATTER OF DORIKA S., JIBU M., SALAMA M., MUNEZERO L., AND ELIZABETH M. ——————————————————— —————- ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; BASEME M., RESPONDENT.

Respondent-appellant having applied for permission to proceed as a poor person and for assignment of counsel on the appeal taken herein from an order of the Family Court, Erie County, entered May 18, 2022,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the application, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the application is granted, and

It is further ORDERED that Charles J. Greenberg, Esq., 3840 East Robinson Road, Suite 318, Amherst, New York 14228, is hereby assigned as counsel to conduct the appeal, and

It is further ORDERED that the Erie County Family Court Clerk provide Charles J. Greenberg, Esq., with copies of all papers and transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings upon which the appeal is based, and

It is further ORDERED that the transcripts, if any, shall be filed with the Erie County Family Court Clerk, within 30 days of the date of this order, pursuant to Family Court Act § 1121 (7), and

It is further ORDERED that the record and briefs are to be filed and served within 60 days of the filing of the transcripts with the Erie County Family Court Clerk.

Entered: September 6, 2022

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court