Opinion
9982N Index 153234/18
10-01-2019
Lester J. TANNER, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Shari STACK, et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Lester J. Tanner, New York, appellant pro se. Sherman Wells Sylvester & Stamelman LLP, New York (Joshua S. Bratspies of counsel), for respondents.
Lester J. Tanner, New York, appellant pro se.
Sherman Wells Sylvester & Stamelman LLP, New York (Joshua S. Bratspies of counsel), for respondents.
Friedman, J.P., Tom, Webber, Gesmer, Oing, JJ.
By the time plaintiff moved for leave to amend, the original complaint had already been dismissed; hence, "there was no complaint left before the court to amend" ( Jeffrey L. Rosenberg & Assoc. v. Kadem Capital Mgt. , 306 A.D.2d 155, 156, 763 N.Y.S.2d 541 [1st Dept. 2003] ; see generally Wadsworth Ave. Assoc. v. Maynard, 91 A.D.3d 452, 453, 935 N.Y.S.2d 880 [1st Dept. 2012] ).