

Matter of Bhukta (2019 NY Slip Op 05657)





Matter of Bhukta


2019 NY Slip Op 05657


Decided on July 17, 2019


Appellate Division, Second Department


Per Curiam.


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Decided on July 17, 2019
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO
REINALDO E. RIVERA
MARK C. DILLON
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.


2018-04806

[*1]In the Matter of Arnab Bhukta, a suspended attorney. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, petitioner; Arnab Bhukta, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 4659470)

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING instituted by the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court inpapers were served by the Grievance Committee, as authorized pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(6), by means of substituted service upon the respondent on November 2, 2018, he has neither opposed the instant motion nor interposed any response thereto.
Accordingly, the Grievance Committee's motion is granted, the charges in the verified petition are deemed established, and, effective immediately, the respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.
SCHEINKMAN, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, DILLON and LEVENTHAL JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the Grievance Committee's motion is granted; and it is further,
ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent, Arnab Bhukta, a suspended attorney, is disbarred, and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law; and it is further,
ORDERED that the