Case Name: John Rivera, Respondent, v. City of New York, Defendant, and Julio Miranda, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-02-03
Citations: 117 A.D.2d 592
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Rivera, Respondent, v City of New York, Defendant, and Julio Miranda, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 117
Pages: 592–593

Head Matter:
John Rivera, Respondent, v City of New York, Defendant, and Julio Miranda, Appellant.

Opinion:
—In an action to recover damages, inter alia, for false arrest and assault, the defendant Miranda appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leviss, J.), dated June 14, 1984, which denied his motion to vacate a default judgment.
Order affirmed, with costs.
Since the defendant Miranda failed to set forth a meritorious defense, Special Term properly denied vacatur of the default judgment. Lazer, J. P., Mangano, Brown and Kooper, JJ., concur.