Case Name: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Respondent, v. Christine Phillips-Osuji et al., Defendant. Samuel Osuji, Nonparty Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-09-10
Citations: 120 A.D.3d 1194
Docket Number: 
Parties: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Respondent, v Christine Phillips-Osuji et al., Defendant. Samuel Osuji, Nonparty Appellant.
Judges: Dillon, J.E, Hall, Miller and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 1194–1194

Head Matter:
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Respondent, v Christine Phillips-Osuji et al., Defendant. Samuel Osuji, Nonparty Appellant.
[991 NYS2d 895]

Opinion:
In an action to foreclose a mortgage, nonparty Samuel Osuji appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), dated October 15, 2012, which denied his motion for leave to intervene as a defendant.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court properly denied the proposed intervenor's motion for leave to intervene as a defendant. The proposed intervenor, the spouse of the defendant Christine Phillips-Osuji, was not, under the facts of this case, entitled to intervene as of right (see CPLR 1012; State St. Bank & Trust Co. v Calandro, 243 AD2d 705 [1997]; Arbor Natl. Mtge. v Goldsmith, 154 Misc 2d 853 [Sup Ct, Nassau County 1992]). Moreover, the denial of leave to intervene by permission was a provident exercise of the Supreme Court's discretion (see CPLR 1013; Pappas v Pappas, 95 AD3d 1283 [2012]).
The proposed intervenor's remaining contentions are not properly before this Court.
Dillon, J.E, Hall, Miller and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.