Opinion
Motion No: 2011-05486 Index No. 14258/09 M134297
03-07-2012
, J.P.
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
L. PRISCILLA HALL
LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by the respondent, inter alia, to dismiss an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered May 10, 2011, on the ground that the appeal has been rendered academic by a determination of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, dated June 15, 2011, or, alternatively, to enlarge the time to serve and file a brief.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is
ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to dismiss the appeal is held in abeyance and referred to the panel of Justices hearing the appeal for determination upon the argument or submission thereof; and it is further,
ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to enlarge the respondent's time to serve and file a brief is granted, the respondent's time to serve and file a brief is enlarged until April 5, 2012, and the respondent's brief must be served and filed on or before that date; and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion is otherwise denied.
BALKIN, J.P., CHAMBERS, HALL and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court