DIONA PATTERSON, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HEYWARD PATTERSON - V META PLATFORMS, INC.
Motion No: CA 24-00513
Slip Opinion No: 2025 NY Slip Op 71610(U)
Decided on June 12, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth 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.


June 12, 2025

PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., CURRAN, BANNISTER, SMITH, AND NOWAK, JJ.

CA 24-00513
CA 24-00515
CA 24-00524
CA 24-00527
CA 24-01447
CA 24-01448

DIONA PATTERSON, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE

ESTATE OF HEYWARD PATTERSON, ET AL.,

PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,

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META PLATFORMS, INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS FACEBOOK, INC.,

SNAP, INC., ALPHABET, INC., GOOGLE, LLC, YOUTUBE, LLC,

DISCORD, INC., AMAZON.COM, INC., 4CHAN COMMUNITY SUPPORT,

LLC, REDDIT, INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS,

ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

WAYNE JONES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE

ESTATE OF CELESTINE CHANEY, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

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MEAN LLC, ET AL., DEFENDANTS, ALPHABET, INC.,

GOOGLE, LLC, YOUTUBE, LLC, REDDIT, INC.,

DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

KIMBERLY J. SALTER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE

ESTATE OF AARON W. SALTER, DECEASED, ET AL.,

PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,

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META PLATFORMS, INC., INSTAGRAM, LLC, AMAZON.COM, INC.,

TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC., ALPHABET, INC., GOOGLE, LLC,

YOUTUBE, LLC, 4CHAN COMMUNITY SUPPORT, LLC, SNAP, INC.,

DISCORD, INC., REDDIT, INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, ET AL.,

DEFENDANTS.

FRAGRANCE HARRIS STANFIELD, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS.

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MEAN LLC, ET AL., DEFENDANTS,

ALPHABET, INC., GOOGLE, LLC, AND YOUTUBE, LLC, REDDIT,

INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

WAYNE JONES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR

OF THE ESTATE OF CELESTINE CHANEY, DECEASED,

PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

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MEAN LLC, ET AL., DEFENDANTS,

ALPHABET INC., GOOGLE, LLC, YOUTUBE, LLC, AND

REDDIT, INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.



FRAGRANCE HARRIS STANFIELD, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

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MEAN LLC, ET AL, DEFENDANTS,

ALPHA BET INC., GOOGLE, LLC, YOUTUBE, LLC,

REDDIT, INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.


Defendants-Appellants having requested leave to file a post-argument submission on the appeals taken herein from orders of the Supreme Court, Erie County, entered March 18, 2024 and August 29, 2024, and plaintiffs-respondents having moved to strike defendants post-argument submission, and for other relief,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the request and the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that defendants' request for leave to file a post-argument submission is granted and,

It is further ORDERED that plaintiffs' motion insofar as it seeks leave to respond to defendants' post-argument submission is granted.

Entered: June 12, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court