Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M307014

AFA/

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P.

ROBERT J. MILLER

LINDA CHRISTOPHER

JAMES P. MCCORMACK, JJ.

2024-08939 Edwin Nunez, plaintiff, v Michael Spiegel, defendant; Krentsel Guzman Herbert, LLP, nonparty-appellant, Alan Ripika & Associates, LLP, nonparty-respondent. (Index No. 705418/2020)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated July 18, 2024. Motion by the nonparty-appellant to deem the notice of appeal to reflect that Krentsel Guzman Herbert, LLP is the appealing party and that Alan Ripika & Associates, LLP is the respondent, and to extend the time to perfect the appeal.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to deem the notice of appeal to reflect that Krentsel Guzman Herbert, LLP is the appealing party and that Alan Ripika & Associates, LLP is the respondent, is granted, the notice of appeal is deemed to reflect that Krentsel Guzman Herbert, LLP, is the appealing party and that Alan Ripika & Associates, LLP is the respondent (see CPLR 2001; Matter of Tagliaferri, 1 NY3d 605), and the caption is amended accordingly; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to extend the time to perfect the appeal is granted, and on or before September 3, 2025, the appellant shall serve and file the record or appendix and the appellant's brief via NYSCEF, if applicable, or, if NYSCEF is not mandated, serve the record or appendix and the appellant's brief and upload digital copies of the record or appendix and the appellant's brief, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website.

DUFFY, J.P., MILLER, CHRISTOPHER and MCCORMACK, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court