Sapienza v Notaro
Motion No: 2016-13317
Slip Opinion No: 2017 NY Slip Op 86515(U)
Decided on September 20, 2017
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M237913

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REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

SHERI S. ROMAN

JOSEPH J. MALTESE

HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.

2016-13317

Richard Sapienza, Jr., respondent,

v Philip Notaro, Jr., defendant, The

Law Office of Michael A. Kofsky,

PLLC, a New York professional service

limited liability company, et al., appellants.

(Index No. 700060/16)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the respondent to strike the appellants' reply brief on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered December 13, 2016, on the ground that it refers to matter dehors the record and improperly raises issues for the first time in reply, and for an award of costs and an attorney's fee.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is held in abeyance and referred to the panel of Justices hearing the appeal for determination upon the argument or submission thereof.

RIVERA, J.P., ROMAN, MALTESE and LASALLE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court