Opinion
2021-68814 Index 946/2016
07-09-2021
People of State of New York, respondent, v. Adin Perez, appellant. Motion No. 2018-12076
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, J.P., COLLEEN D. DUFFY, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated August 22, 2018.
Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to communications by assigned counsel.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant is directed to show cause before this Court why an order should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before August 9, 2021, by ordinary mail; assigned counsel or the respondent may respond to this order to show cause, if so advised, by uploading a digital copy of an affirmation or an affidavit through the digital portal on this Court's website, with proof of service thereof, on or before August 9, 2021; and it is further
ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further, ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court or her designee is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the appellant at his last known place of residence or, if he is imprisoned, at the institution in which he is confined, and upon the attorney who last appeared for him, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).
HINDS-RADIX, J.P., DUFFY, IANNACCI and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.