Johnson v. Neidl

Appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court (Lebous, J.), entered June 17, 2014 in Broome County, which denied plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of a prior order denying his motion for, among other things, a default judgment, and (2) from an order of said court, entered July 18, 2014 in Broome County, which denied plaintiff’s ex parte motion to serve defendant by an alternate method.

Plaintiff, a prison inmate, commenced this legal malpractice action in connection with defendant’s representation of him during a federal civil rights trial. Supreme Court denied plaintiff’s motion for a…