Case Name: In the Matter of Egbert Campbell, Appellant, v. Records Access Officer of New York City Police Department et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-11-14
Citations: 221 A.D.2d 201
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Egbert Campbell, Appellant, v Records Access Officer of New York City Police Department et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 221
Pages: 201–201

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Egbert Campbell, Appellant, v Records Access Officer of New York City Police Department et al., Respondents.
[633 NYS2d 174]

Opinion:
—Appeal from order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Arber, J.), entered August 3, 1993, which, upon petitioner's failure to appear on the return date, denied his pro se application pursuant to CPLR article 78, unanimously dismissed, without costs.
A party may not appeal directly from an order entered upon his or her default, the proper remedy being a motion to open the default and an appeal from any denial thereof (Furci v Furci, 45 AD2d 1003). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Rosenberger, Ross and Tom, JJ.