HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Wright

In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rothenberg, J.), dated November 21, 2013, which denied its motion, in effect, for leave to enter a default judgment against the defendant Norma Wright and to reinstate an order of reference of the same court dated July 12, 2010, inter alia, appointing a referee to compute the amount due and owing to the plaintiff.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the plaintiffs motion, in effect, for leave to enter a default judgment against the…