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Jordan v. Schlesinger

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Apr 7, 2016
138 A.D.3d 465 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)

Opinion

04-07-2016

Janessa JORDAN, Claim Plaintiff-appellant, v. Alice SCHLESINGER, Defendant, respondent.

Janessa Jordan, appellant pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York (David Lawrence III of counsel), for respondent,


Janessa Jordan, appellant pro se.

Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York (David Lawrence III of counsel), for respondent,

Opinion

Order, Court of Claims of the State of New York (Faviola A. Sota, J.), entered August 10, 2015, which granted defendant's motion to dismiss the claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The claim against defendant, which is based upon defendant's dismissal of a Supreme Court action brought by plaintiff for alleged medical malpractice, is barred by judicial immunity. Claimant did not assert that any of defendant's acts were performed in the clear absence of jurisdiction (see Murray v. Brancato, 290 N.Y. 52, 48 N.E.2d 257 [1943]; Rosenstein v. State of New York, 37 A.D.3d 208, 829 N.Y.S.2d 93 [1st Dept.2007] ).

ACOSTA, J.P., RENWICK, MANZANET–DANIELS, KAPNICK, WEBBER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Jordan v. Schlesinger

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Apr 7, 2016
138 A.D.3d 465 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)
Case details for

Jordan v. Schlesinger

Case Details

Full title:Janessa JORDAN, Claim Plaintiff-appellant, v. Alice SCHLESINGER…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: Apr 7, 2016

Citations

138 A.D.3d 465 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)
138 A.D.3d 465
2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 2720

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