Legal Opinion
Jones v. Maples
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 25, 2001PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis York, J.), entered August 26, 1999, which dismissed pro se plaintiffs complaint sua sponte and enjoined plaintiff from initiating any further litigation against defendant without prior court approval, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
The sua sponte dismissal of plaintiffs complaint was a proper exercise of discretion in view of his many frivolous motions and repeated disregard of court orders (cf., Wehringer v Brannigan, 232 AD2d 206, 207, appeal dismissed 89 NY2d 980; Kihl v Pfeffer, 94 NY2d 118, 122-123). It was also a proper exercise of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kihl v. PfefferNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
- Wehringer v. BranniganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Sud v. SudAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Jones v. MaplesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Novel v. SalzbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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