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COURT HAS DISCRETION TO ACCEPT UNAUTHORIZED SURREPLIES (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department noted that a judge has the discretion to control motion practice and may accept substantive surreplies:

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While unauthorized surreplies containing new arguments generally should not be considered, the Supreme Court has the authority to regulate the motion practice before it, as well as the discretion to determine whether to accept late papers or even surreply papers for “good cause” (CPLR 2214[c] …). Here, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in determining that it would consider the supplemental evidence sought to be submitted by the plaintiff. The plaintiff proferred a valid excuse, the delay was minimal, and there was no prejudice as the court also determined that it would give the defendant a full opportunity to respond to, and submit further evidence addressing, the plaintiff’s submissions … . U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. v Rudick, 2017 NY Slip Op 08874, Second Dept 12-20-17

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