Opinion
# 2016-045-007 Claim No. 124263 Motion No. M-86797
03-28-2016
MELISSA SAVOCA v. STATE OF NEW YORK
By: Melissa Savoca, Pro Se Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General By: Mario E. Simmons, Assistant Attorney General
Synopsis
follow up order dismissing claim after motion to be relieved as counsel.
Case information
| UID: | 2016-045-007 |
| Claimant(s): | MELISSA SAVOCA |
| Claimant short name: | SAVOCA |
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| Defendant(s): | STATE OF NEW YORK |
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| Third-party claimant(s): | |
| Third-party defendant(s): | |
| Claim number(s): | 124263 |
| Motion number(s): | M-86797 |
| Cross-motion number(s): | |
| Judge: | GINA M. LOPEZ-SUMMA |
| Claimant's attorney: | By: Melissa Savoca, Pro Se |
| Defendant's attorney: | Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General By: Mario E. Simmons, Assistant Attorney General |
| Third-party defendant's attorney: | |
| Signature date: | March 28, 2016 |
| City: | Hauppauge |
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| See also (multicaptioned case) |
Decision
Pursuant to an Order to Show Cause, a hearing was held before this Court on July 2, 2015, concerning the request by counsel, Mark J. Metzger, Esq., for claimant, Melissa Savoca, to be relieved as counsel. Such relief was granted in a Decision and Order of this Court filed December 18, 2015.
Pursuant to the December 18, 2015 Decision and Order claimant was directed to either retain new counsel or notify the Court of her intention to represent herself in this matter within 60 days of the filing of the Decision and Order. Claimant was informed by the Decision and Order that the claim would be dismissed if she did not contact the Court within the 60-day time period. Neither claimant nor new counsel has contacted the Court since the filing of the December 18, 2015 Decision and Order. Claimant's outgoing counsel has filed an Affidavit of Service stating that he served claimant with the December 18, 2015 Decision and Order on December 24, 2015.
Accordingly, the claim is hereby dismissed.
March 28, 2016
Hauppauge, New York
GINA M. LOPEZ-SUMMA
Judge of the Court of Claims