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TO AVOID DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO CPLR 3215 (C) THE PLAINTIFF NEED ONLY TAKE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ENTRY OF A DEFAULT JUDGMENT WITHIN ONE YEAR AND NEED NOT OBTAIN A DEFAULT JUDGMENT WITHIN A YEAR; ANY DELAYS AFTER THE ONE-YEAR PERIOD ARE IRRELEVANT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court in this foreclosure action, determined the complaint should not have been dismissed because plaintiff bank took steps to procure a default judgment within one year of the default. Any subsequent delays were irrelevant:

… [A]pproximately two months after the defendant’s default, the plaintiff moved for an order of reference. The fact that the Supreme Court later “marked off the calendar” the motion was irrelevant for the purposes of satisfying CPLR 3215(c) because the plaintiff was only required to “take proceedings for the entry of judgment” within the one-year time frame, and not actually obtain the judgment … . “[I]t is enough that the plaintiff timely takes the preliminary step toward obtaining a default judgment of foreclosure and sale by moving for an order of reference to establish that it initiated proceedings for entry of a judgment within one year of the default for the purposes of satisfying CPLR 3215(c)” … . … [T]he plaintiff was not required to account for any additional periods of delay that may have occurred subsequent to the initial one-year period contemplated by CPLR 3215(c) … . Deutsche Bank Natl. Trust Co. v Khalil, 2022 NY Slip Op 04898, Second Dept 8-10-22

Practice Point: To avoid dismissal pursuant to CPLR 3215 (c) a plaintiff need only take proceedings for the entry of a default judgment within one year of the default and need not obtain a default judgment within a year; any delays after the one-year period are irrelevant.

 

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