Zaidan v City of New York

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Zaidan v City of New York 2017 NY Slip Op 33118(U) February 7, 2017 Supreme Court, Queens County Docket Number: 11157/13 Judge: Howard G. Lane Cases posted with a "30000" identifier, i.e., 2013 NY Slip Op 30001(U), are republished from various New York State and local government sources, including the New York State Unified Court System's eCourts Service. This opinion is uncorrected and not selected for official publication. [* 1] Short Fo rm Order NEW YORK SUPREME COURT - QUEENS COUNTY ?resent: HONORABLE HOWARD G. LANE IAS PART 6 Justice UTJOK ZATDAN , ACTI ON NO. 1 ~ Index No. 11157/13 ?laintiff, -againstTHE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE OFFI CERS JOHN and JANE DOES 1-10, MOHAMMAD SYAMSI ALI and SURATNO TG IRISA, Mot i on Date January 18, 2017 Motion Cal. No. 181 Motion Seq . No . 5 Defendants. IJTJOK ZAIDAN, ACTION NO. 2 Index No . 2:39/ 1 6 Plaintiff , -againstM. SYAMS I ALI , THE CITY OF NEW YORK, TH E NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT and JOH~ and JANE DOES, Defendants . UTJOK ZAIDAN , ACTI ON HO. 3 I ndex No . 7~18/ 1 6 Pla intiff , -againstM. SYAMASI ALI , THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT , POLICE OFFICERS CLARENCE COLEMAN and JOHN and JANE DOES , Defendants . F ri1'e;t l1/8f.?019 [* 2] 11157/201 3 ORCER SIONEO (JOltH TRIAL w•H INDEX 2 3·41e & 7<'1l116) Papers Numbered Not ice of Motion-Affidavits-Exh i bits .. . Opposit i o n ... . ... . ...... . . ... . . .. .. .. . . Re p ly .. ...... .. .. . ........ . .. .. . .. ... . . 1-4 5-9 10 - 12 Upo n the foregoing papers it is ordered that the b r anch of the motion by defendant Muhammad S . Ali ("Ali") seeki n g consoli d at ion of Action No. 1 under I ndex No . 11157/2 0 13 and Act i on No . 2 under Index No . 2139 / 20 1 6 and Action No . 3 under Index No . 7 418/2016 is granted solely to the extent tha t Action ~o . 1 , Act ion No . 2 , and Action No . 3 shall all have joint d iscove r y and sha l l be jointly tried. Moving defendant has d emonst r ated that the matters involve corrunon questions o f law a nd :act , i r. t hat they involve common pa rt ies and arise o u t of the same ser ies of incidents . Separat e Inde x Numbers , Requests fo r Judicia l Int e rvention (RJI ) and Notes of Issu e shall be filed fo r each act ion. The t it les and index numbers of the actions to be j ointly tr ied are : 3U PRE~E COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF QUEE'.NS ~ JTOK ACTI ON NO. 1 Index No . 1115 7/ 13 A ZAIJAN , PJaintiff , - aga i nst - TH E CITY OF NEW YORK , THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT and POLIC2 OF FICERS J OHN and JANE DOSS 1-10, MOHAMMAD SYAMSI AL: and SURATNO IG IRISA , Defendants . -------------------------------------UJTOK AMRY ZAIDAN , Plaintiff, - aga i nstM. SYAMSI ALI, THE CITY OF NEW YORK , TH E NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT and JOHN and J ANE DOES, Defendants . -------------------------------------2 ACTI ON NO. 2 Index No . 2139/ 1 6 [* 3] 11W/l?13 ORCof s (;NEO (JO'f .TRIAL IV1TH rx 2·3 ,13 & 7•181• 5) ;JJTOK ZAIDAN , ACTI ON NO. 3 Index ~o. 7418/16 Plaintiff, - aga i ns t:.-1. SYAMSI ALI , THE CITY OF NEW YORK , TLE NEW YORK CITY POLICE JEPARTr-1SNT and POLICE OFFICERS CLARENCE COLSt-JAN and JOH N ANJ J ANE DOES, Defendants. Plal n ti ff's motion for a d efault judgmen t against defenda ~t Al i only and those branche s of defendant Ali ' s motion for an 01de r g ra n t in g said defendant l eave to se rve and file a n Answer wit h affi r mative defenses and c oun terclaims a re hereby decided as fo llows: Pu r suant to CPLR 2004 , Courts can extend the time i mposed by statute upon good cause s hown. Pursuant to CPLR 301 2(d), "Upon the app li cati o n of a party, the =ourt may e x ten d the time to appear ? r plead, or compel ~h e ~~cepcance o= 3 pleading u n time ly served, ~ p on such t erms as may oe just and upon a showing of reasonab le e xcuse for delay or default ." It is well-es t ablis hed la w tha t : "[a] defe ndant who ha s failed t o t i mel y appear or ans wer the complaint must provide a reasonabl e e xcus e f o r the de fau l t a nd demonstrate a merit ori ous defense to the action , when . mov ing . . . to compel the accept ance o f a n unt ime l y answer." (Li pp v. Po rt Authority of Ne w York and New Jersey, 34 AD3 d 649 '.2d Dept 2 00 6] ) . Th e Cou rt finds that there is n o evidence of prejud ice th at de f endant Ali has pro vi ded a reasonabl e e xcuse for the del ay. a~d Ac co r dingly , defendant Ali shall serve and file an Answer o r ot herwi s e move pursuant to CPLR 3211 within t h irty (30) days of serv ice o f a copy o= this order ~ith Notice of Entry. The p l aintiff ' s motion for a default judgme nt against defendant Ali is denied. It i s further ordered that plaintiff i s directed t copy of ~his o rder with notice oE entry on a l l part ies act ions c ombined. ~he Clerk of Queens Count y shall be ~ith a cop y of this order a t the time of fi l i ng of the issue. 3 o serve a to the s erved n ote of [* 4] 11' ! "/?J'l O~CER SIGNED (JOll T TRIAl W11 H IM,(X 2'3ll1S & 7418118) Pl a int iff shall annex a copy of t hi s order with any note of i ssue submit t ed . The Cour t need not reach a determination on the rernainir.g branche s of the motions whi ch seek dismissa l pursuant t o CPLR 321 1 (a) (4) a nd motions see~ing r estora tion as such are r endered moot. Thi s constitutes the decis io n and Order of the Court . ~he A courte sy c opy of th is order is being mailed to c ounsel fo r respective parties . Dated: February 7 , 2017 . . . .. .. .... ~ . ... ... . Howard G. Lano , J. S.C . 4

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