Christopulos v. Christopulos

Citation208 A.D.3d 746,172 N.Y.S.3d 622 (Mem)
Decision Date24 August 2022
Docket Number2020–02288,Index No. 705015/14
Parties Gregory CHRISTOPULOS, respondent, v. Katherine CHRISTOPULOS, etc., et al., defendants, Nicholas Spyreas, appellant.
CourtNew York Supreme Court Appellate Division

208 A.D.3d 746
172 N.Y.S.3d 622 (Mem)

Gregory CHRISTOPULOS, respondent,
v.
Katherine CHRISTOPULOS, etc., et al., defendants,

Nicholas Spyreas, appellant.

2020–02288
Index No. 705015/14

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Submitted—June 7, 2022
August 24, 2022


Nicholas Spyreas, Greenwich, Connecticut, appellant pro se.

The Dweck Law Firm, LLP, New York, NY (Jack S. Dweck of counsel), for respondent.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P., FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, SHERI S. ROMAN, JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

In an action, inter alia, for an accounting and to cancel a notice of mechanic's lien, the defendant Nicholas Spyreas appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Frederick D.R. Sampson, J.), dated January 15, 2020. The order denied, as academic, the motion of the defendant Nicholas Spyreas "to request Court to accept release and satisfaction of lien."

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Supreme Court properly denied, as academic, the motion of the defendant Nicholas Spyreas "to request Court to accept release and satisfaction of lien," since it sought relief which had already been granted in a prior order of the same court entered September 30, 2019 (see Matter of Hearst Corp. v. Clyne, 50 N.Y.2d 707, 714, 431 N.Y.S.2d 400, 409 N.E.2d 876 ; see also [ Christopulos v. Christopulos, ––– A.D.3d ––––, 172 N.Y.S.3d 637, Appellate Division Docket No. 2021–06093 ; decided herewith]).

At this juncture, we decline the plaintiff's request to impose a sanction against Spyreas for prosecuting this allegedly frivolous appeal (see 22 NYCRR 130–1.1 ). There are, however, more than a dozen additional appeals Spyreas has taken from papers in this action that are currently pending before this Court. Spyreas is therefore warned that future submissions to this Court that qualify as frivolous conduct may result in the imposition of sanctions against him pursuant to 22 NYCRR 130–1.1 (see Matter of Ram v. Estate of Hershowitz, 149 A.D.3d 959, 960, 52 N.Y.S.3d 437 ;

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