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Aurora Loan Servs., LLC v. Lopa

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Jul 29, 2015
130 A.D.3d 952 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2013-10154

07-29-2015

AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC, respondent, v. Paul LOPA, appellant, et al., defendant (and a third-party action).

Stephen C. Silverberg, PLLC, Uniondale, N.Y., for appellant. Akerman, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Jordan M. Smith of counsel), for respondent.


Stephen C. Silverberg, PLLC, Uniondale, N.Y., for appellant.

Akerman, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Jordan M. Smith of counsel), for respondent.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, SHERI S. ROMAN and ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.

Opinion In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Paul Lopa appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Fusco, J.), dated August 6, 2013, which granted the plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 1018 to substitute nonparty Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, as the plaintiff, and to amend the caption accordingly.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

“The determination to substitute or join a party pursuant to CPLR 1018 is within the discretion of the trial court” (NationsCredit Home Equity Servs. v. Anderson, 16 A.D.3d 563, 564, 792 N.Y.S.2d 510 ; see GRP Loan, LLC v. Taylor, 95 A.D.3d 1172, 1174, 945 N.Y.S.2d 336 ). In support of its motion pursuant to CPLR 1018 to substitute Nationstar Mortgage, LLC (hereinafter Nationstar), as the plaintiff, and to amend the caption accordingly, the plaintiff submitted evidence demonstrating that the subject note, indorsed in blank by the lender, was in Nationstar's possession, and that the mortgage was assigned to Nationstar after the commencement of the action, and that Nationstar is therefore now the real plaintiff in interest (see Citibank, N.A. v. Van Brunt Props., LLC, 95 A.D.3d 1158, 1160, 945 N.Y.S.2d 330 ; Deutsche Bank Trust Co., Ams. v. Stathakis, 90 A.D.3d 983, 983–984, 935 N.Y.S.2d 651 ; cf. Nationstar Mtge., LLC v. Catizone, 127 A.D.3d 1151, 9 N.Y.S.3d 315 ).

The parties' remaining contentions are without merit.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court providently exercised its direction in granting the plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 1018 to substitute Nationstar as the plaintiff, and to amend the caption accordingly.


Summaries of

Aurora Loan Servs., LLC v. Lopa

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Jul 29, 2015
130 A.D.3d 952 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)
Case details for

Aurora Loan Servs., LLC v. Lopa

Case Details

Full title:Aurora Loan Services, LLC, respondent, v. Paul Lopa, appellant, et al.…

Court:SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Jul 29, 2015

Citations

130 A.D.3d 952 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)
15 N.Y.S.3d 105
2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 6303

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