Matter of Hawkins v Smith
Motion No: 2023-09791
Slip Opinion No: 2025 NY Slip Op 79433(U)
Decided on October 29, 2025
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M308935

ID/

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P.

DEBORAH A. DOWLING

LILLIAN WAN

PHILLIP HOM, JJ.

2023-09791

In the Matter of Dennis Hawkins, appellant,

v Estelle Smith, respondent; Harold Culler,

nonparty-respondent.

(Index No. 518163/2022)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated June 21, 2023, which was dismissed by decision and order on motion of this Court dated September 15, 2025, for failure to comply with a prior decision and order on motion of this Court dated May 23, 2025. Motion by the appellant to vacate the dismissal of the appeal and to extend the time to perfect the appeal.

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 the motion is denied.

DUFFY, J.P., DOWLING, WAN and HOM, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court