Opinion
Motion No. 2024-04667 Ind. No. 862N/18Case No. 2019-04141
11-12-2024
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Troy K. Webber, Justice Presiding, Jeffrey K. Oing Barbara R. Kapnick Tanya R. Kennedy John R. Higgitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on November 14, 2019 (M-7732) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken to this Court from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about June 12, 2019, and assigning Janet E. Sabel, Esq., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel, and to assign substitute counsel to prosecute the appeal, and for related relief, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of striking the designation of Janet E. Sabel, Esq., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as assigned counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal, and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Jenay Nurse Guilford, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, 120 Wall Street, 28th floor, New York, New York 1005, 212-577-2523, as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time in which to perfect the appeal is extended until 120 days from the date of this order or the receipt of the complete record, whichever is later.