Case Name: Bassirou Gaye, Appellant, v. Adnom Realty, Inc., Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, et al., Third-Party Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-12-07
Citations: 278 A.D.2d 43
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bassirou Gaye, Appellant, v Adnom Realty, Inc., Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, et al., Third-Party Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 278
Pages: 43–44

Head Matter:
Bassirou Gaye, Appellant, v Adnom Realty, Inc., Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, et al., Third-Party Defendant.
[717 NYS2d 168]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Elliott Wilk, J.), entered on or about November 10, 1999, which granted the motion of third-party defendant Sengane Power Systems, Inc. to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3126, and the cross motion of defendant Adnom Realty, Inc. to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Although plaintiff stipulated that he would provide deposition testimony as to his actual identity, he failed to appear at three separately scheduled depositions, and, when finally deposed, was unprepared to furnish responsive answers, leav ing the issue of his identity and use of an alias unresolved. Further frustrating resolution of the identity issue was plaintiffs refusal to comply with the court's direction that he provide authorizations for the release of immigration and social security records. Accordingly, in view of plaintiffs persistent noncompliance with discovery, the complaint was properly dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3126. Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Andrias, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.