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DEFENDANTS’ ATTENDANCE AT A MANDATORY SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE (CPLR 3408) IN THIS FORECLOSURE CASE DID NOT CONSTITUTE AN “APPEARANCE” IN THE ACTION; THEREFORE DEFENDANTS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO FIVE DAYS NOTICE (PURSUANT TO CPLR 3215 (G)) RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO ENTER A DEFAULT JUDGMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Duffy, in a matter of first impression, determined defendants’ attendance at a mandatory settlement conference in this foreclosure action did not constitute an “appearance” such that defendants were entitled to five-days notice of an application for leave to enter a default judgment:

The issue on appeal, an issue of first impression for this Court, is whether a party’s attendance at a mandatory settlement conference pursuant to CPLR 3408 constitutes an appearance by a party for the purpose of CPLR 3215(g), which provides, among other things, that a party who has appeared in an action is entitled to at least five days’ notice of an application for leave to enter a default judgment. * * * Supreme Court properly determined that the defendants had not appeared in the action and, thus, the five-day notice provision set forth in CPLR 3215(g) was not applicable with respect to the plaintiff’s motion, inter alia, for leave to enter a default judgment against the defendants. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v Saris, 2025 NY Slip Op 07287, Second Dept 12-24-25

Practice Point: A defendant’s attendance at a mandatory settlement conference (CPLR 3408) is not an “appearance” in the action and does not entitle defendant to five days notice (pursuant to CPLR 3215 (g)) re: plaintiff’s motion for leave to enter a default judgment.

 

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