Opinion
2004-1650 S C.
Decided December 12, 2005.
Appeal from an order of the District Court of Suffolk County, Fifth District (James P. Flanagan, J.), entered September 13, 2004. The order denied occupant's motion to stay the warrant of eviction in a holdover summary proceeding.
Appeal unanimously dismissed.
PRESENT: RUDOLPH, P.J., McCABE and TANENBAUM, JJ.
After acquiring title to the instant residential premises in a foreclosure sale, Paul Lebron executed a settlement stipulation with the occupant, Cynthia Hendrickson, the former owner, which, inter alia, granted Mr. Lebron a warrant of eviction and stayed said warrant to allow occupant an opportunity to purchase the premises. The court below ultimately vacated the stay and denied occupant's motion to reinstate the stay. While occupant's instant appeal of that denial was pending, the warrant was executed, mooting the issue of the propriety of the motion and mandating the appeal's dismissal. In light of said dismissal, this court did not review the merits of occupant's claims to possession, on the basis that she substantially performed under the stipulation.