Abbott v. Conway
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this court pursuant to CPLR 506 [b] [1]) to compel respondent to vacate a *910default judgment, grant an injunction and grant permission to petitioner to proceed as a poor person.
In 1984, a libel action was commenced against petitioner seeking damages for an allegedly defamatory article written by petitioner and published in a national magazine. Petitioner never appeared in the action and in 1985 a default judgment was entered against him. In June 1988, petitioner, pro se, moved to, inter alia, vacate the default judgment and to proceed as a…
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