Matter of Sears v Brown
Motion No: 2025-04738
Slip Opinion No: 2025 NY Slip Op 81971(U)
Decided on December 8, 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

M309860

AFA/

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P.

VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON

BARRY E. WARHIT

ELENA GOLDBERG VELAZQUEZ, JJ.

2025-04738, 2025-04742, 2025-04744,

2025-04745, 2025-04746, 2025-04748,

2025-04749

In the Matter of Morgan Sears, respondent,

v Lonnie Brown, Jr., appellant.

(Proceeding No. 1)

In the Matter of Lonnie Brown, Jr., appellant,

v Morgan Sears, respondent.

(Proceeding No. 2)

(Docket Nos. V-3428-2019/2023E,

V-3429-2019/2023E, V-3428-2019/2024G,

V-3429-2019/2024G, V-668-2024/2024A,

V-669-2024/2024A, V-674-2024/2024A,

V-675-2024/2024A, V-3259-2024/2024A,

V-3260-2024/2024A, V-674-2024/2024B,

V-675-2024/2024B)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeals by Lonnie Brown, Jr. from seven orders of the Family Court, Orange County, all dated March 7, 2025. By order to show cause dated September 26, 2025, the parties were directed to show cause before this Court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeals in the above-entitled proceedings for failure to comply with a scheduling order dated April 28, 2025, issued pursuant to § 670.3(b)(2) of the rules of this Court (22 NYCRR 670.3[b][2]).

Now, upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeals is granted, and the appeals are dismissed, without costs or disbursements, for failure to comply with the scheduling order dated April 28, 2025, issued pursuant to § 670.3(b)(2) of the rules of this Court (22 NYCRR 670.3[b][2]).

CONNOLLY, J.P., BRATHWAITE NELSON, WARHIT and GOLDBERG VELAZQUEZ, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court