Board of Mgrs. of the Oceana Condominium No. Eight v. Usmanov

2024 NY Slip Op 33536(U)

• Court: New York Supreme Court, Kings County
• Decided: October 2, 2024
• Docket: Index No. 10720/2013
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Board of Mgrs. of the Oceana Condominium No. Eight v Usmanov 2024 NY Slip Op 33536(U) October 2, 2024 Supreme Court, Kings County Docket Number: Index No. 10720/2013 Judge: Derefim B. Neckles 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. FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 10/03/2024 INDEX NO. 10720/2013 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 117 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 10/07/2024

At anIAS T~rm, PartFRP-2 ofth~:S1,1prerne .Cqurt; of the· State ..of N~w· York; held ·in ·and ,for the· County of Kings, atthe:courth~use,. at,.360 Adams. Stre_el,. Brooklyn, N~w Yoik1_ 11_2_Ql o;i the 2nd day or October, 2024; PRE$EN.'t:

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Plaintiff;

- ,agairist .- ~nde~ No, 1072O/2013

FARKHADJANUSMANOV, FLAGSTAR BANK FSB, Fl'OM'.E,VEST CAPITAt'Ltq, LEAF FlJNDiNG> ·ING:, NYS DE~ARr~ dl? . TAXATION and FINANCE;--UNITED STATES OF Afyffi_RICA, INTERNAL ,REVEN_lJffSI::RVICE, THE. .BANK .OF NEW .YORI(MELLON,- M0RTOAGE"ELECTR0NIC"llEGISTRATI0N SYSTEM ... . ' '. . ' ' . ; .,

D_efendi:mts•..

The· -fo'(lo.wfog e-filed paperS· read:'hereifl:: NY.SCEE Doc Nos;

Order t9 Show Cause!A._ffimi,ation/OPPQS:it;o1:i 31-34, 42, 5.-1-110 2 nd ·Ori:fer to Show Cause/A£lii;mation/Oppositfoh ' ' ' 47-.49, lf5,. 11-6'

;Up.on- the·. fote_going papers ;in this, proceeding ·to foreclose CJrL a- condominium

cmµm{:m charg~ lien. O:n 10$ Oce.aria,Drive East, Unit lD,_ Brooklyn, N~w Y◊rk; non,cp,arty.

MS, G~ob~l -Groqp LLC- ("

for an !order {1) vacating· the· order fo ·shoW ,cause dated.June 13y 2023, pursuant.to CPLR

§50,15(~).(4) .for Ja,i;kof per~o.1,1a;J jurl~diction over- M~f GlQbal,. and {b) vacating tne $l,llle 13.-,

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2013 :?tder- putsuant to. CPLR :§50is'(a)(3) due· to 'fraud~ •m:isrepres.enta:tion~. -or other _,

miscQ~dµct of l:l.n adver;s~ party, defeni;lant.F~khadjan_ Usmanov ("Usmanov'·'}.

(Non-party. West Fotk q:apit~l.Equiti es LLC ("We~t Fork"); m,oyes..by ord~r to show I

ca~s.e-(uhd_er m_ot,-'seq. ~) for an order vacatrn..g the ordet:to ~how cause dated Jm_1e.l 3:"20.1$-

wfrh prejudic'e :Cot' lade: :o'f-personal jurisdiction over W:est Fork.

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foreclose a cortdominium chID¥e-Hen for n:on'-paymentof:common charges. Usinanov was '

serve¢with the summons. and com_plajnt-onJune 28, 2013 r•avd later defa_µlted in .this action.

A judgm~ntor"foteclosure and sale was . entered. against U.~m~no:v on· Apr_il 24;..·2015. A forecl9·sure auction was held on January·?. :201.6, where West Fork was ·the suc·cessfuJ

bkld~rJ West "f.ork w~s deed~d: the prpperty .on April 6-, 20J6, ·by a referee's deed.

Thete~fter~ on July: J. 8, 2018, W~sJ Fork coTTv~ye:d· the· property to MS. Glqbal.

pn lune_ l,, '2023, Usmanov moved.by order:to show cause· (mot; seq. 4) seeking t~r vac_ateth~j udgment, offorecJosure and ·S;ale, vacaH~g the referee's deed,_ and the subsequent

deed t6 MSi·OtabaL The order-to show cause was signed: by. this court Qn .Jurfe 13, 2Q2q .•

Movarits- allege that U~niano~ failed to .serve,-t)Je order _to s.how cause 011 ·West -Fork· and ' ' '

MS· G{cihal and as a.result, heitherparty filed· opposition' or appear.eel :on the. return d~t~~· and th~ ord~r to ·$how cause. w~& granted on default.,

-~ on-parties;_ MS (}lobar and \Vest Fc.u:k, .n·ow fileil1¢s~ 'irtst~t oi,:dt;t~ to show CE).US~ ,· to vac~te_.the.June 1:3, 2:023 Ordet.

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Discussiotf

!This court signed. the June: 13 ,,202~ otder toshow·-cause 11nd dh-ecteo tha,t s~rvi9.e pf

the or~·~r- with suppon;ing ·papers ·be served on plaintiff.s atto01ey, the curr.~nt owner or. _. . .

deed: ~o1der,.fb.e.,_e.feree, and.'"a.ny otheq:i~qJi ·entitled.:tQ .µ9tic'e y~~ oyetnight mail._"

;W,h_er._e a .defe~~ant -~o'yes fo set asid~· a -foreclosure: :sal~~ and thereby _seeks to

deprivb the-purchaser of.his acquired interes~ fo the:p'toperty, the purchaser hecpmes. an r : • . . • . , .

indisp¢p_sabJe party to the·motion. :Se~ e~g. C1ticorp. Mortg.Jnr;. y·Ronkqn~_2&9 A.D.2d 438. ; • , I

(Zd . D1pt 2001). -H~re, West For!,

and was therefore an indispensable-party to this actio1L

;:U;;@a~oy~s ord~r t.o show.cause .sought v_&catu.r Qfthe -referee.'s deeq.tp West Fo~k;

Wbet¢:tbis courr direct.ed !i'ervice on ·"aqy other .party eoti.!le~ to notice''; U~rnano\r should

have s.~rved W.est Fork since. he was seeking to :depnve West Fork -o:fthefr interest in the.

property.. Here, {!stiuµ10V'$ affidavit ofservi~e ~nnexe.d to:thesignedorderto !!how·ca\lse,.

.clearl~ sho:NS tnat ·west ·Eotk wa_~ _µtit o.ne of the parti,e~. served wi.th ine··o~4er: to ,.show

cause.: [Whether or i:Jot-authorized by ,;1 coµrt orde:r,:J~dsdic1ion over anonparty·, ..._cannot be

cibtai.n~d b.Y servic_e upon it: .. by either prdinary mail or .certified mail. Ma_tier [![Libert)!

Mut, lrzs, Co.-, 625" N.Y:S2d. 6J9, 620 {1995). _Ir,.,Mqtter o/Liberty, the-_c"ourt .held tl_-la.t

properi servic_e: was .-never .effected,jw:isdiction was never obtaihedj and as. a> result· the. de_faµJ:tjt.Jdgru.eot .~:.. mus(btt vac~teq be¢au~e-·the .nop_party . . :was op.ly . . served ·1:hrough ,.certifitd: ' ma:H. Id. Here~ MS·.JJ)obal fa a: nonparty to. the· 'instal)t'. foteclosure-..action, a,nd it -"'.~.s op.iy- . , .

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served)he·1_not.ton pi:!;pers by overnight inaiLThus 1 the directed:service in .the orcie:r Jo shPW ' cause-was impro-per,-and MS Global was notproperly .served. ' .Accor~in~ly, ·i tis.

;ORI>ERED that MS Global's order to show cause (mot . .seq. 5) is granted ;i11 aU.

respec~s.

!ORDERED tha:t.'West Fork;s order to-show cause· (mot. se_q. 6} is .granted io all

tesp~cts.

!TI).is constitutes the·dec1sion and ~rder of:the court.

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