Opinion
DOCKET NO. CA 16-02192
12-19-2016
ANN VANYO, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. BUFFALO POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC. AND CITY OF BUFFALO, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
PRESENT:
Appellant having moved for permission to proceed as a poor person and for an extension of time to perfect the appeal taken herein from an order and judgment of the Supreme Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie on February 5, 2016,
Now, upon reading and filing the affirmation of James Ostrowski, Esq., dated December 1, 2016, the affidavit of Ann M. Vanyo sworn to November 30, 2016, and the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is hereby ORDERED that the motion insofar as it seeks permission to proceed as a poor person is granted, and
It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the County of Erie is hereby directed to provide appellant with copies of all transcripts of stenographic, digitally recorded, or audiotaped minutes, if any, of the proceedings had and filed in said Clerk's Office upon which the appeal is based, along with one copy of any other paper or document on file in the Clerk's Office that is relevant and necessary to the appeal, and
It is further ORDERED that appellant shall pay costs and fees and any sum expended by the County of Erie in providing the aforesaid stenographic copy out of any recovery by judgment or settlement, and
It is further ORDERED the motion insofar as it seeks an extension of time to perfect the appeal is granted, and appellant shall perfect the appeal on or before February 2, 2017, and, in the event of failure to so perfect, the appeal is hereby dismissed without further order.
Entered: December 19, 2016
Frances E. Cafarell, Clerk