Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M307290

AFA/

BETSY BARROS, J.P.

BARRY E. WARHIT

HELEN VOUTSINAS

DONNA-MARIE E. GOLIA, JJ.

2024-10775 Miles Ventura, respondent, v Jessica Todaro, appellant. (Index No. 602511/2024)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated October 8, 2024. Motion by New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal for leave to file an amicus curiae brief. Motion by the National Women's Law Center, American Association of University Women (AAUW), American Sexual Health Association, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, California Women's Law Center, Desiree Alliance, Equal Rights Advocates, Feminist Majority Foundation, Hutchinson, Black, and Cook, LLC, Title IX Group, International Action Network for Gener Equity & Law (IANGEL), Jane Doe Inc., Justice and Joy National Collaborative, KWH Law Center, Legal Momentum, The Women's Legal Defense & Education Fund, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Association of Commissions for Women, National Council of Jewish Women, National Network to End Domestic Violence, National Organization for Women Foundation, National Women's Political Caucus, New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, NSRH, Our Bodies Ourselves, Public Counsel, Religious Community for Reproductive Choice, Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Southwest Women's Law Center, Victim Rights Law Center, Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, Women Employed, Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, Women's Law Project, and WV Free, for leave to file an amici curiae brief. Application by Rachel Smith, an attorney in good standing in the District of Columbia, to be admitted pro hac vice to represent the proposed amici curiae National Women's Law Center, et al., on the appeal. Application by Michelle Kallen, an attorney in good standing in the District of Columbia, to be admitted pro hac vice to represent the proposed amici curiae National Women's Law Center, et al., on the appeal.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motions and the papers filed in opposition thereto, and the papers filed in support of the applications and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motions are denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that the applications are denied as academic.

BARROS, J.P., WARHIT, VOUTSINAS and GOLIA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court