Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M291288

AFA/

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P.

LINDA CHRISTOPHER

LILLIAN WAN

CARL J. LANDICINO, JJ.

2016-02302 The People, etc., respondent, v Anthony Matthews, appellant. (Ind. No. 6724/2012)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 17, 2015. Motion by the appellant for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person 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 on the Court's own motion, the parties are directed to show cause before this Court why the appeal should not be dismissed on the ground that the appeal has been abandoned, by uploading an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website, on or before October 30, 2023; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to respond to the order to show cause:

Patricia Pazner

Appellate Advocates

111 John Street - 9th Floor

New York, New York 10038

and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's motion is held in abeyance pending determination of this Court's motion to dismiss the appeal; and it is further,

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

DUFFY, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, WAN and LANDICINO, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Acting Clerk of the Court