Joseph v. Tinelli, Sr. v. Frank E. Redl and Hankin, Hanig, Stall & Caplicki

Plaintiff-appellant Joseph Tinelli appeals from an order and judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Wood, J), adopting in its entirety the Report and Recommendation of the magistrate judge (Eaton, M.J.), recommending that summary judgment be granted in favor of defendants-appellees Frank Redi and Hankin, Hanig, Stall & Caplicki. 1 We affirm the grant of summary judgment substantially for the reasons stated by the district court and magistrate judge. We write only to address Tinelli’s malpractice claim as it relates to Redl’s failure to perfect the…