Opinion
2016–00433 Index No. 23760/09
01-16-2019
In the Matter of Syed Bilal Raza RIZVI, Appellant, v. NEW YORK COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE OF NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Respondent.
Syed Bilal Raza Rizvi, Deer Park, NY, appellant pro se. Norton Rose Fulbright U.S. LLP, New York, NY (Neil G. Sparber and Samantha Beltre of counsel), for respondent.
Syed Bilal Raza Rizvi, Deer Park, NY, appellant pro se.
Norton Rose Fulbright U.S. LLP, New York, NY (Neil G. Sparber and Samantha Beltre of counsel), for respondent.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, BETSY BARROS, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology dated August 10, 2009, expelling the petitioner as its student and to compel New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology to reinstate the petitioner as a student, to take all action necessary to enable the petitioner to register for and take the COMLEX Level II CE examination, and, in the event he passes the examination, to confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Jerome C. Murphy, J.), entered November 6, 2015. The order denied the petitioner's motion pursuant to CPLR 5104 to hold New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology in contempt of court for failure to comply with the terms of a decision and order of this Court dated September 19, 2012, which directed New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology to reinstate the petitioner as a student, to take all action necessary to enable the petitioner to register for and take the COMLEX Level II CE examination one time within 120 days of the decision and order, and, in the event that the petitioner passes the examination, to confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court did not err in denying the petitioner's motion pursuant to CPLR 5104 to hold New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology (hereinafter NYCOM) in contempt of court for failure to comply with the terms of a decision and order of this Court in his prior appeal (see Matter of Rizvi v. New York Coll. of Osteopathic Medicine of N.Y. Inst. of Tech. , 98 A.D.3d 1049, 950 N.Y.S.2d 754 ). The petitioner failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that NYCOM violated a clear and unequivocal mandate set forth in this Court's decision and order (see Matter of Wright v. McIntosh , 125 A.D.3d 679, 3 N.Y.S.3d 120 ; DeMaio v. Capozello , 114 A.D.3d 899, 981 N.Y.S.2d 121 ; Automated Waste Disposal, Inc. v. Mid–Hudson Waste, Inc. , 50 A.D.3d 1073, 857 N.Y.S.2d 229 ).
The petitioner's contention that he never entered the test center and therefore did not sit for the COMLEX Level II CE examination on either January 10, 2013, or January 22, 2013, due to medical emergencies is improperly raised for the first time on appeal and has not been considered by this Court (see Stein v. Doukas , 157 A.D.3d 743, 744, 68 N.Y.S.3d 495 ; Stein v. Davidow, Siegel & Stern, LLP , 157 A.D.3d 741, 742–743, 68 N.Y.S.3d 497 ; Landmark Ventures, Inc. v. H5 Tech., Inc. , 152 A.D.3d 657, 58 N.Y.S.3d 591 ).
RIVERA, J.P., AUSTIN, DUFFY and BARROS, JJ., concur.