Doe v Grindr, LLC
Motion No: 2025-04648
Slip Opinion No: 2026 NY Slip Op 61708(U)
Decided on February 2, 2026
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

M311024

ID/

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P.

DEBORAH A. DOWLING

JANICE A. TAYLOR

PHILLIP HOM, JJ.

2025-04648

John Doe, appellant, v Grindr, LLC, et al.,

respondents, et al., defendant.

(Index No. 529404/2022)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated March 25, 2025. Motion by the plaintiff John Doe to amend the notice of appeal to reflect that the plaintiff Joe Doe is the appellant. Application by the appellant to extend the time to perfect the appeal.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the application and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted, the notice of appeal is deemed to reflect that the plaintiff Joe Doe is the appellant (see CPLR 2001; Matter of Tagliaferri, 1 NY3d 605), and the caption is amended accordingly; and it is further,

ORDERED that the application is granted, and on or before March 4, 2026, the appellant shall serve and file the record or appendix and the appellant's brief via NYSCEF, if applicable, or, if NYSCEF is not mandated, serve the record or appendix and the appellant's brief and upload digital copies of the record or appendix and the appellant's brief, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website.

DUFFY, J.P., DOWLING, TAYLOR and HOM, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court