Opinion
Motion No. 2021-07781 Docket No. B-674-2017
03-17-2023
In the Matter of Sa'Nai F. B. M. A. (Anonymous), also known as Sa'Nai T. (Anonymous). Graham Windham Services to Family and Children, petitioner-respondent; Chaniece T. (Anonymous), respondent-appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P., PAUL WOOTEN, WILLIAM G. FORD, JANICE A. TAYLOR, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County, dated September 16, 2021.
Motion by the appellant to relieve assigned counsel, to substitute pro bono counsel, and to continue her status as a poor person. The appellant's motion for assignment of counsel was granted on June 10, 2022, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:
Geanine Towers
179 Bay Ridge Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718-759-1000
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 granted, assigned counsel is relieved and is directed to turn over all papers in this matter to pro bono counsel, herein substituted, and the appellant's status as a poor person is continued; and it is further, ORDERED that the following pro bono counsel is substituted to represent the appellant on the appeal:
Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison
1285 Sixth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
212-273-3000and it is further,
ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal by causing the original papers constituting the record on appeal to be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court (see 22 NYCRR 1250.9[a][5]), and by serving and filing the appellant's brief via NYSCEF, if applicable, or, if NYSCEF is not mandated, by serving the appellant's brief, and uploading a digital copy of the appellant's brief, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website, is extended until April 17, 2023; and it is further, ORDERED that pro bono counsel shall serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken.
CONNOLLY, J.P., WOOTEN, FORD and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.