Matter of Lewis v Schack

Matter of Matter of Lewis v Schack 2012 NY Slip Op 06077 Decided on August 29, 2012 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on August 29, 2012
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAPPELLATE DIVISION : SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
THOMAS A. DICKERSON, J.P.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL
ARIEL E. BELEN
LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.
2012-07157

[*1]In the Matter of Henry F. Lewis, et al., petitioners,

v

Arthur M. Schack, etc., et al., respondents. Cozen O'Connor, New York, N.Y. (Kenneth Fisher of counsel), for petitioners.




Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Andrew
H. Meier of counsel), for respondent Arthur M. Schack.
Torgan Cooper & Aaron, P.C. (Pollack Pollack Isaac &
DeCicco, New York, N.Y. [Brian J. Isaac],
of counsel), for respondent Shirly
Miller.


DECISION & JUDGMENT

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent Arthur M. Schack, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, to take certain action in connection with a motion made in an underlying civil action entitled Miller v Lewis, pending in the Supreme Court, Kings County, under Index No. 11358/09.

ADJUDGED that the petition is denied as academic, and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

The instant proceeding has been rendered academic in light of the motion schedule fixed in the underlying matter by the respondent Arthur M. Schack.
DICKERSON, J.P., LEVENTHAL, BELEN and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court