Case Name: In the Matter of Michael Bluth, Appellant, v. Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-03-08
Citations: 259 A.D.2d 543
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Michael Bluth, Appellant, v Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 543–543

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Michael Bluth, Appellant, v Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York, Respondent.
[684 NYS2d 905]

Opinion:
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York, dated July 16, 1997, which denied the petitioner's application for reimbursement of funds allegedly misappropriated by an attorney, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Clemente, J.), entered February 6, 1998, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York properly exercised its discretion in this proceeding. Santucci, J. P., Joy, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.