Opinion
# 2016-045-006 Claim No. 125277 Motion No. M-86949
03-28-2016
SW, An Infant, by her Mother and Natural Guardian JULIE RICHARDS v. STATE OF NEW YORK
By: Julie Richards, Pro Se Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General By: Marcie K. Glasser, Assistant Attorney General
Synopsis
follow up order dismissing claim after motion to be relieved as counsel.
Case information
| UID: | 2016-045-006 |
| Claimant(s): | SW, An Infant, by her Mother and Natural Guardian JULIE RICHARDS |
| Claimant short name: | RICHARDS |
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| Defendant(s): | STATE OF NEW YORK |
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| Claim number(s): | 125277 |
| Motion number(s): | M-86949 |
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| Judge: | GINA M. LOPEZ-SUMMA |
| Claimant's attorney: | By: Julie Richards, Pro Se |
| Defendant's attorney: | Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General By: Marcie K. Glasser, Assistant Attorney General |
| Third-party defendant's attorney: | |
| Signature date: | March 28, 2016 |
| City: | Hauppauge |
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Decision
Pursuant to an Order to Show Cause, a hearing was held before this Court on August 13, 2015, concerning the request by counsel, The Fitzgerald Law Firm, P.C., for claimant, SW, an infant, by her mother and natural guardian Julie Richards, to be relieved as counsel. Such relief was granted in a Decision and Order of this Court filed November 12, 2015.
Pursuant to the November 12, 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 November 12, 2015 Decision and Order. Claimant's outgoing counsel has filed an Affidavit of Service stating that he served claimant with the November 12, 2015 Decision and Order on November 18, 2015.
Accordingly, the claim is hereby dismissed.
March 28, 2016
Hauppauge, New York
GINA M. LOPEZ-SUMMA
Judge of the Court of Claims