Atwood v. Pridgen

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Tracey A. Bannister, J.), entered August 17, 2016 in a proceeding pursuant to Election Law article 16. The order, among other things, granted petitioners default relief against respondents Samuel Davis and Maurice McCray.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Petitioners commenced this special proceeding pursuant to Election Law article 16 seeking to invalidate the designating petitions of various respondents who sought to be designated as candidates for the party office of…