`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 17
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`INDEX NO. 25228/2017E
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/03/2018
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`OF THE STATE
`COURT
`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`OF BRONX
`________________________________________________
`HEBREW HOME FOR THE AGED AT RIVERDALE,
`
`OF NEW YORK
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`Plaintiff,
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`-against-
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`ROY
`
`STEVENS
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`and DIAN
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`STEVENS,
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`Defendants.
`___________________________....._________________
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`Index
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`No.
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`25228/2017e
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`IN
`TO
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`AFFRIMATION
`OPPOSITION
`ORDER
`TO
`SHOW CAUSE
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`BRIAN
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`J. HARAN,
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`ESQ.,
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`an attorney
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`at
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`law duly
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`admitted
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`to practice
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`in the Courts
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`of
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`the State
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`of New York,
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`affirms
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`the
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`following
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`under
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`the
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`penalties
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`of perjury
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`that:
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`1.
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`I am a senior
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`associate
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`at
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`the
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`law
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`firm
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`of GENSER
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`DUBOW GENSER
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`& CONA,
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`LLP,
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`attorneys
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`for
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`the
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`plaintiff,
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`THE HEBREW HOME
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`FOR THE
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`AGED
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`AT RIVERDALE
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`FOUNDATION,
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`INC
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`(hereinafter
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`referred
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`to
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`as
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`"HEBREW
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`HOME"HOME"
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`HOME"),
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`in
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`the
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`above-captioned
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`action.
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`2.
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`As
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`such,
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`I am familiar
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`with
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`the
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`facts
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`and
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`circumstances
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`of
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`this
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`action
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`and make
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`this Affirmation
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`upon
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`the
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`files maintained
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`the
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`law firm
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`of GENSER
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`DUBOW GENSER
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`&
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`CONA,
`
`LLP.
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`by
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`3.
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`This
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`Affirmation
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`is respectfully
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`submitted
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`in opposition
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`to defendant,
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`DIAN
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`STEVENS's
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`Order
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`to Show
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`Cause
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`to Amend
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`the Caption.
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`4.
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`The Order
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`to Show
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`Cause
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`is (was)
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`dated
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`and
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`returnable
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`on April
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`23,
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`2018
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`at
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`1:00pm.
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`Plaintiff
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`was
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`not
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`served
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`with
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`the Order
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`to Show
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`Cause
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`until
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`receiving
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`the
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`notification
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`from
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`the New York
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`State
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`E-Filing
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`system
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`on April
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`26,
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`2018,
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`at 11:05am,
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`almost
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`three
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`full
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`days
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`AFTER
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`the
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`return
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`date.
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`A copy
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`of
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`the
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`emails
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`are
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`annexed
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`hereto
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`as Exhibit
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`"A."
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`Upon
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`
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`informationinformation
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`andand
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`
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`belief,belief,
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`thisthis maymay
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`havehave
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`beenbeen
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`filedfiled
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`
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`earlier,earlier,
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`butbut
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`notnot
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`acceptedaccepted
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`andand
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`availableavailable
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`onon thethe
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`1 of 3
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`New York
`
`State
`
`E-Filing
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`System.
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`Plaintiff
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`has never
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`seen
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`an Affidavit
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`of Service
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`concerning
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`this
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`Order
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`to Show
`
`Cause.
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`5.
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`Roy
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`Stevens
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`was
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`a resident
`
`of Hebrew
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`Home
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`from
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`March
`
`3, 2016
`
`through
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`December
`
`22,
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`2017.
`
`Dian
`
`Steven
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`is the
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`spouse
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`of Roy
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`Stevens.
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`Upon
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`Roy
`
`Steven's
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`admission
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`to
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`Hebrew
`
`Home,
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`Dian
`
`Stevens
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`executed
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`an Admission
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`Agreement
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`as the
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`responsible
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`party
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`for Roy
`
`Stevens.
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`At
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`no time
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`was Dian
`
`Stevens
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`ever
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`a resident
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`of Hebrew
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`Home.
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`"standing"
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`or
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`the
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`proposed
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`6.
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`Dian
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`Stevens
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`has
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`no
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`authority,
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`legal
`
`capacity
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`to bring
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`counterclaim.
`
`In Campbell
`
`v. Barclays
`
`Bank,
`
`LLC,
`
`24 Misc.3d
`
`1210(A),
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`899 N.Y.S.2d
`
`58 (Table),
`
`2009 WL 1912098,
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`2009
`
`N.Y.
`
`Slip
`
`Op.
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`51417(U),
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`Plaintiff
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`"lacks
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`standing
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`to pursue
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`his
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`human
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`rights
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`claims
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`because
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`the
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`alleged
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`injury
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`is to his
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`purported
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`ancestors,
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`not
`
`to
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`him."
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`In
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`the
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`instant
`
`case,
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`Dian
`
`Stevens
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`receive
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`any
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`care
`
`or
`
`services
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`from
`
`Hebrew
`
`Home,
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`only
`
`her
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`husband
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`did.
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`The
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`from
`
`who
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`it
`
`is alleged
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`was
`
`Order
`
`to Show
`
`Cause
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`does
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`not
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`contain
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`any
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`Affidavit
`
`Roy
`
`Stevens,
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`damaged
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`by Plaintiff.
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`Further,
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`the
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`"Proposed
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`Amended
`
`Written
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`Answer"
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`is only
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`signed
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`by Dian
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`Stevens.
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`See
`
`Exhibit
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`"B."
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`"Standing
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`is
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`a threshold
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`determination,
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`resting
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`in
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`part
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`on
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`policy
`
`considerations,
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`that
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`a person
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`should
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`be allowed
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`access
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`to the
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`courts
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`to adjudicate
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`the merits
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`of
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`a
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`particular
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`dispute
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`that
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`satisfies
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`the
`
`other
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`justiciability
`
`criteria"
`
`(Society
`
`ofPlastics
`
`Indus.
`
`v. County
`
`77 N.Y.2d
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`761,
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`769,
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`570 N.Y.S.2d
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`778,
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`573 N.E.2d
`
`1034
`
`).
`
`of Suffolk
`
`[1991]
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`7.
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`Professor
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`David
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`Siegel,
`
`in N.Y.
`
`Prac,
`
`§ 136,
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`at 232
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`[4th
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`ed]
`
`instructs
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`that:
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`*5
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`[i]t
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`is the
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`law's
`
`policy
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`to allow
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`only
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`an aggrieved
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`person
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`to bring
`
`a lawsuit
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`... A want
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`of
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`"standing
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`sue,"
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`to
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`in other
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`words,
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`is just
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`another
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`way
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`of
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`saying
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`that
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`this
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`particular
`
`plaintiff
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`is not
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`involved
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`in a genuine
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`controversy,
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`and
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`a simple
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`syllogism
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`takes
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`us from
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`there
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`to a
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`"jurisdictional"
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`dismissal;
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`(I)
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`the
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`courts
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`have
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`jurisdiction
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`only
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`over
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`controversies;
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`(2)
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`a plaintiff
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`found
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`to lack
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`"standing"
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`is not
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`involved
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`in a controversy;
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`and
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`(3)
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`the
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`courts
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`therefore
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`have
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`no
`
`jurisdiction
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`of
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`the
`
`case when
`
`such
`
`a plaintiff
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`purports
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`to bring
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`it.
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`8.
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`A review
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`of
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`the
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`pleadings
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`in this matter
`
`show
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`a consistent
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`pattern
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`of DIAN
`
`STEVENS
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`representing
`
`her
`
`husband,
`
`ROY STEVENS.
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`This
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`began
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`at
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`the Preliminary
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`Conference
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`on November
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`8, 2017
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`when
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`DIAN
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`appeared
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`and Roy
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`did
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`not. A copy
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`of
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`the
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`Preliminary
`
`Conference
`
`Order
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`is attached
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`as Exhibit
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`"C."
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`9.
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`Further,
`
`Defendant's
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`responses
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`to Plaintiff's
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`discovery
`
`demands
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`are
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`annexed
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`as "Exhibit
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`D."
`
`one
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`of
`
`other
`
`hereto
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`Only
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`the three
`
`responses
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`is signed
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`by ROY STEVENS.
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`The
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`two
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`are signed
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`only
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`by
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`"DIAN
`
`STEVENS
`
`Pro Se
`
`Defendant."
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`9.
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`Based
`
`on the
`
`foregoing,
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`the Defendant's
`
`Motion
`
`to Amend
`
`the
`
`caption
`
`to include
`
`a counterclaim
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`must
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`be denied
`
`as the
`
`"Proposed
`
`Amended
`
`Written
`
`Answer"
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`is fatally
`
`defective.
`
`DIAN
`
`STEVENS
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`is not
`
`legally
`
`authorized
`
`to bring
`
`this
`
`counterclaim
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`on behalf
`
`of her
`
`husband.
`
`Further,
`
`court.
`
`Dated:
`
`Plaintiff
`
`requests
`
`the Court
`
`direct
`
`Ms.
`
`Stevens
`
`from
`
`further
`
`representing
`
`her
`
`husband
`
`in
`
`Melville,
`May
`
`New York
`1, 2018
`
`Yours,
`
`etc.,
`
`BRIAN
`ESQ.
`HARAN,
`DUBOW GENSER
`GENSER
`for Plaintiff
`Attorneys
`225 Broadhollow
`New York
`390-5000
`
`Suite
`Road,
`11747
`
`Melville,
`(631)
`
`& CONA,
`
`LLP
`
`200
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`TO:
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`STEVENS
`DIAN
`se defendant
`pro
`on behalf
`of Dian
`and Roy
`Stevens
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`Stevens
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