Opinion
2013-04-2
Walter S. McNAUGHTON, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. RY MANAGEMENT, INC., et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Walter S. McNaughton, appellant pro se. Gutman, Mintz, Baker & Sonnenfeldt, P.C., New Hyde Park (Arianna Gonzalez–Abreu of counsel), for RY Management, Inc., respondent.
Walter S. McNaughton, appellant pro se. Gutman, Mintz, Baker & Sonnenfeldt, P.C., New Hyde Park (Arianna Gonzalez–Abreu of counsel), for RY Management, Inc., respondent.
Kelly D. MacNeal, New York (Seth E. Kramer of counsel), for New York City Housing Authority Section 8, respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Julia I. Rodriguez, J.), entered March 5, 2012, which denied plaintiff's motion for a default judgment against defendants, and granted defendant RY Management, Inc.'s cross motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground of lack of service, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly dismissed the action, as plaintiff failed to offer any proof of service of process ( see Security Pac. Natl. Trust (N.Y.) v. Chunassamy, 289 A.D.2d 151, 734 N.Y.S.2d 438 [1st Dept. 2001] ).
Nor has plaintiff shown any reason why the stipulation of discontinuance with prejudice entered into with defendant New York City Housing Authority should not be enforced ( see Hallock v. State of New York, 64 N.Y.2d 224, 230, 485 N.Y.S.2d 510, 474 N.E.2d 1178 [1984];Lukaszuk v. Lukaszuk, 304 A.D.2d 625, 625, 757 N.Y.S.2d 479 [2d Dept. 2003] ).