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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`COURT
`OF BRONX
`
`OF THE STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`In
`the matter
`of
`RAMON LUNA,
`
`the
`
`claim
`
`of
`
`Petitioner,
`
`PETITION
`
`-
`
`against
`
`-
`
`INDEX
`
`NO.:
`
`CITY
`
`OF NEW YORK,
`
`Respondent.
`
`NEIL
`
`WOLLERSTEIN,
`
`an
`
`attorney
`
`duly
`
`admitted
`
`to practice
`
`before
`
`the Courts
`
`in the
`
`State
`
`of New
`
`York
`
`hereby
`
`affirms
`
`the
`
`truth
`
`for
`
`the
`
`following
`
`statements
`
`under
`
`the
`
`penalties
`
`of
`
`perjury.
`
`1.
`
`I am the
`
`attorney
`
`for
`
`Petitioner
`
`RAMON LUNA
`
`("MR.
`
`LUNA"),
`
`in
`
`the
`
`above
`
`entitled
`
`action,
`
`and
`
`as such
`
`I am familiar
`
`with
`
`the
`
`facts
`
`and
`
`circumstances
`
`hereinafter
`
`contained,
`
`source
`
`the
`
`file maintained
`
`office
`
`in the
`
`course
`
`this
`
`of my knowledge
`
`being
`
`by my
`
`of handling
`
`the
`
`action.
`
`2.
`
`This
`
`Petition
`
`is
`
`respectfully
`
`submitted
`
`in
`
`support
`
`of
`
`the
`
`within
`
`Order
`
`to
`
`Show
`
`Cause
`
`requesting
`
`this Honorable
`
`Court
`
`grant
`
`Petitioner
`
`leave
`
`to file
`
`his Notice
`
`of Claim
`
`nunc
`
`pro
`
`tunc
`
`upon
`
`Respondent,
`
`CITY
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`pursuant
`
`to General
`
`Municipal
`
`Law § 50-e(5).
`
`3.
`
`4.
`
`No prior
`
`application
`
`for
`
`the
`
`relief
`
`sought
`
`herein
`
`has been made.
`
`Attached
`
`hereto
`
`as Exhibit
`
`"A"
`
`is a copy
`
`of
`
`the Notice
`
`of Claim
`
`which
`
`was
`
`duly
`
`served
`
`on Respondent
`
`on 5/27/22.
`
`5.
`
`The
`
`claim
`
`herein
`
`is for
`
`false
`
`arrest,
`
`false
`
`imprisonment,
`
`malicious
`
`prosecution,
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`abuse
`
`of
`
`process,
`
`assault,
`
`battery,
`
`negligent
`
`hiring
`
`and
`
`supervision
`
`and
`
`civil
`
`rights
`
`violations
`
`arising
`
`out
`
`of
`
`the
`
`unlawful
`
`arrest
`
`of MR.
`
`LUNA
`
`on
`
`3/11/21
`
`in
`
`the
`
`vicinity
`
`of
`
`1675
`
`Lafayette
`
`Avenue,
`
`Bronx,
`
`New York.
`
`6.
`
`At
`
`the
`
`aforesaid
`
`time
`
`and
`
`place,
`
`Respondent,
`
`their
`
`agents,
`
`servants,
`
`and
`
`assaulted,
`
`battered,
`
`arrested,
`
`detained
`
`and
`
`confined
`
`MR.
`
`LUNA
`
`without
`
`employees,
`
`falsely
`
`probable
`
`cause
`
`or
`
`reasonable
`
`cause.
`
`7.
`
`Annexed
`
`hereto
`
`as Exhibit
`
`"B"
`
`is an affidavit
`
`of merit
`
`duly
`
`executed
`
`by MR.
`
`LUNA
`
`which
`
`explains
`
`the
`
`facts
`
`and
`
`circumstances
`
`surrounding
`
`his
`
`arrest,
`
`prosecution
`
`and
`
`ultimate
`
`dismissal
`
`of all
`
`charges
`
`on
`
`5/27/22.
`
`ARGUMENT
`
`SHOULD
`COURT
`HONORABLE
`THIS
`A
`LATE
`TO
`LEAVE
`NOTICE
`FILE
`TO GENERAL
`RESPONDENT
`PURSUANT
`
`GRANT
`MR.
`CLAIM
`OF
`MUNICIPAL
`
`APPLICATION
`LUNA'S
`PRO
`NUNC
`TUNC
`LAW § 50-e(5).
`
`FOR
`UPON
`
`8.
`
`This
`
`Honorable
`
`Court
`
`should
`
`grant MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`application
`
`for
`
`leave
`
`to
`
`file
`
`a
`
`to General
`
`Municipal
`
`Law
`
`late
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`nunc
`
`pro
`
`tune
`
`upon
`
`Respondent
`
`pursuant
`
`§ 50-
`
`e(5)
`
`as leave
`
`is sought
`
`within
`
`one
`
`year
`
`and
`
`90 days
`
`of accrual
`
`of MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`claim
`
`herein.
`
`9.
`
`It
`
`is well
`
`settled
`
`that
`
`the
`
`factors
`
`the
`
`court
`
`must
`
`consider
`
`when
`
`detennining
`
`to
`
`allow
`
`service
`
`of
`
`a late
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`are whether:
`
`"[1]
`
`the movant
`
`demonstrated
`
`a reasonable
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`within
`
`the
`
`time
`
`the
`
`excuse
`
`for
`
`the
`
`failure
`
`to serve
`
`the
`
`notice
`
`statutory
`
`frame,
`
`[2] whether
`
`municipality
`
`acquired
`
`actual
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`essential
`
`facts
`
`of
`
`the
`
`claim
`
`within
`
`90
`
`days
`
`after
`
`the
`
`claim
`
`arose
`
`or
`
`a reasonable
`
`time
`
`thereafter,
`
`and
`
`[3]
`
`whether
`
`the
`
`delay
`
`would
`
`substantially
`
`prejudice
`
`the municipality
`
`defense."
`
`in
`
`its
`
`Matter
`
`of Dubowy
`
`v. City
`
`of New York,
`
`305 A.D.2d
`
`320,
`
`759 N.Y.S.2d
`
`325
`
`(1st Dept.
`
`2003).
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`10.
`
`Additionally,
`
`it
`
`is well
`
`settled
`
`that,
`
`"the
`
`presence
`
`or
`
`absence
`
`of
`
`any
`
`one
`
`factor,
`
`including
`
`the
`
`absence
`
`of
`
`a reasonable
`
`excuse,
`
`is not
`
`necessarily
`
`fatal"
`
`Matter
`
`of Chambers
`
`v.
`
`Nassau
`
`Cty.
`
`Health
`
`Care
`
`Corp.,
`
`50 A.D.3d
`
`1134,
`
`857
`
`N.Y.S.2d
`
`222,
`
`224
`
`(2nd Dept.
`
`2008).
`
`Furthermore,
`
`courts
`
`have
`
`liberally
`
`construed
`
`General
`
`Municipal
`
`Law § 50-e
`
`to allow
`
`a claim
`
`to
`
`be
`
`heard
`
`on
`
`its merits.
`
`Sde Matter
`
`of
`
`Schiffman
`
`v. City
`
`of New
`
`York,
`
`19 A.D.3d
`
`206,
`
`797
`
`2005).
`
`N.Y.S.2d
`
`450
`
`(1st Dept.
`
`A.
`
`MR.
`Notice
`Frame.
`
`LUNA
`
`Has
`
`Of
`
`Demonstrated
`Claim
`
`A Reasonable
`The
`
`Within
`
`Excuse
`Required
`
`For
`
`To
`
`Failing
`Statutory
`
`Serve
`
`The
`Time
`
`11.
`
`MR.
`
`LUNA
`
`has
`
`proffered
`
`a reasonable
`
`excuse
`
`for
`
`failing
`
`to
`
`serve
`
`the
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`within
`
`the
`
`required
`
`statutory
`
`time
`
`frame
`
`of General
`
`Municipal
`
`Law § 50-e(1)(a)
`
`that
`
`being
`
`90 days
`
`from
`
`the
`
`time
`
`of accrual.
`
`12.
`
`MR.
`
`LUNA
`
`inforrns
`
`your
`
`affirmant
`
`that
`
`at
`
`the
`
`time
`
`his
`
`criminal
`
`case was
`
`pending
`
`thereafter
`
`one
`
`informed
`
`his
`
`and
`
`dismissed,
`
`no
`
`him,
`
`including
`
`attorney
`
`who
`
`represented
`
`him
`
`at
`
`that
`
`time,
`
`that
`
`he
`
`had
`
`a potential
`
`claim
`
`against
`
`the City
`
`of New York
`
`and
`
`the NYPD and was
`
`required
`
`to
`
`file
`
`a notice
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`to
`
`preserve
`
`his
`
`rights
`
`within
`
`90
`
`days
`
`of
`
`his
`
`release
`
`from
`
`detention.
`
`Had MR.
`
`LUNA
`
`known
`
`of
`
`this
`
`possible
`
`action,
`
`and
`
`the
`
`strict
`
`time
`
`requirements
`
`for
`
`filing
`
`a notice
`
`of
`
`claim,
`
`he would
`
`have
`
`spoken
`
`to
`
`another
`
`lawyer
`
`and
`
`vigorously
`
`pursued
`
`any
`
`possible
`
`claim.
`
`This,
`
`despite
`
`the
`
`fear
`
`of
`
`retaliation
`
`from
`
`the
`
`arresting
`
`officers
`
`and
`
`the NYPD
`
`in
`
`general.
`
`13.
`
`Under
`
`the
`
`above
`
`circumstances,
`
`MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`actions
`
`or
`
`lack
`
`thereof
`
`for
`
`failing
`
`to file
`
`a notice
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`within
`
`the
`
`allotted
`
`statutory
`
`period
`
`is reasonable.
`
`14.
`
`Even
`
`if
`
`this Honorable
`
`Court
`
`determines
`
`that
`
`the
`
`excuse
`
`proffered
`
`by MR.
`
`LUNA
`
`is not
`
`reasonable,
`
`as
`
`indicated
`
`above,
`
`such
`
`a finding
`
`is not
`
`fatal
`
`to
`
`the
`
`application
`
`herein.
`
`See
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`Dubowy,
`
`sp_ra;
`
`Chambers,
`
`supra;
`
`See also
`
`Semyonova
`
`v. New York
`
`City
`
`Housing
`
`Authority,
`
`15
`
`A.D.3d
`
`181,
`
`789 N.Y.S.2d
`
`38 (1S'
`
`Dept.
`
`2005);
`
`Weiss
`
`v. City
`
`of New York,
`
`237
`
`A.D.2d
`
`212,
`
`655
`
`N.Y.S.2d
`
`34
`
`(181 Dept.
`
`1997)
`
`B.
`
`Respondent
`Within
`Thereafter.
`
`Acquired
`
`A
`
`Timely
`
`Notice
`Actual
`Fashion
`
`The
`Of
`And
`
`Essential
`Within
`
`Facts
`
`LUNA'S
`Of MR.
`Reasonable
`
`A
`
`Claim
`Time
`
`(i)
`
`Respondent
`
`acquired
`
`actual
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`essential
`
`facts.
`
`15.
`
`The
`
`Respondent
`
`herein
`
`acquired
`
`actual
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`essential
`
`facts
`
`of MR.
`
`of
`
`the NYPD
`
`LUNA'S
`
`claim
`
`within
`
`the
`
`statutory
`
`frame
`
`work
`
`because
`
`multiple
`
`members
`
`participated
`
`in the
`
`underlying
`
`acts
`
`giving
`
`rise
`
`to the
`
`claim
`
`herein
`
`and
`
`those
`
`officers
`
`filed
`
`reports
`
`with
`
`regard
`
`to their
`
`conduct.
`
`lee
`
`Ansong
`
`v. City
`
`of New York,
`
`308
`
`A.D.2d
`
`333
`
`(13t Dept.
`
`2003)
`
`(holding
`
`that
`
`"respondent's
`
`claimed
`
`lack
`
`of
`
`knowledge
`
`is completely
`
`refuted
`
`by
`
`the
`
`fact
`
`that
`
`the
`
`officers
`
`who
`
`allegedly
`
`assaulted
`
`petitioner
`
`would,
`
`as
`
`respondent's
`
`employees,
`
`have
`
`had
`
`to
`
`dispute"
`
`of
`
`immediate
`
`knowledge
`
`of
`
`the
`
`events
`
`giving
`
`rise
`
`this
`
`and
`
`"respondent's
`
`claim
`
`prejudice
`
`is similarly
`
`meritless
`
`since
`
`police
`
`and
`
`criminal
`
`court
`
`records
`
`pertaining
`
`to petitioner's
`
`arrest,
`
`as well
`
`as
`
`the
`
`favorable
`
`disposition
`
`of
`
`charges
`
`against
`
`him,
`
`are
`
`presumably
`
`still
`
`in
`
`existence");
`
`Ragland
`
`v. New York
`
`City
`
`Housing
`
`Authority,
`
`201
`
`A.D.2d
`
`7, 613,
`
`N.Y.S.2d
`
`937,
`
`940
`
`(2nd Dept.
`
`1994)
`
`("Where
`
`.
`
`.
`
`. members
`
`of
`
`the municipality's
`
`police
`
`department
`
`participate
`
`in
`
`acts
`
`the
`
`and
`
`been
`
`the
`
`the
`
`giving
`
`rise
`
`to
`
`claim,
`
`and
`
`reports
`
`complaints
`
`have
`
`filed
`
`by
`
`police,
`
`the
`
`municipality
`
`will
`
`be held
`
`to have
`
`actual
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`essential
`
`facts
`
`of
`
`the
`
`claim.");
`
`16.
`
`Your
`
`affirmant
`
`further
`
`directs
`
`this
`
`Honorable
`
`Court
`
`to
`
`the
`
`case
`
`of Matter
`
`of
`
`Schiffman
`
`v. City
`
`of New
`
`York,
`
`19 A.D.3d
`
`206,
`
`797
`
`N.Y.S.2d
`
`450
`
`(1St Dept.
`
`2005)
`
`wherein
`
`petitioner
`
`filed
`
`an application
`
`for
`
`a late
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`claim.
`
`Said
`
`application
`
`was
`
`denied.
`
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`17.
`
`In
`
`reversing
`
`the
`
`lower
`
`court
`
`the
`
`First
`
`Department
`
`held
`
`that
`
`the motion
`
`court
`
`abused
`
`its discretion
`
`by
`
`denying
`
`the
`
`application.
`
`The Appellate
`
`Court
`
`stated:
`
`This
`assault
`notice
`called
`claims
`officers'
`
`involved
`
`case
`and
`ensuing
`the
`essential
`of
`scene
`to the
`. Such
`.
`.
`.
`memo
`books
`
`the
`police's
`civilian
`facts
`and were
`knowledge
`official
`and
`
`actions
`struggle.
`based
`
`in
`As
`upon
`the
`involved
`directly
`documented
`is
`Department
`Police
`
`response
`the
`that
`all
`in
`
`such,
`facts
`in
`
`to
`
`an
`
`alleged
`acquired
`City
`police
`were
`aspects
`of
`the
`individual
`the
`reports.
`
`18.
`
`Here,
`
`as
`
`in
`
`Schiffman
`
`and
`
`Ragland,
`
`the
`
`Respondent
`
`acquired
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`essential
`
`facts
`
`as the NYPD was
`
`the
`
`agency
`
`responsible
`
`for
`
`arrest
`
`and
`
`detention
`
`of MR.
`
`LUNA.
`
`filed
`
`filled
`
`out
`
`In
`
`addition,
`
`it
`
`cannot
`
`be
`
`denied
`
`that
`
`the NYPD
`
`officers
`
`official
`
`arrest
`
`reports,
`
`memobooks,
`
`filed
`
`UF-61
`
`reports,
`
`and
`
`signed
`
`affidavits
`
`under
`
`penalty
`
`of perjury
`
`which
`
`would
`
`be
`
`required
`
`for
`
`a criminal
`
`court
`
`complaint.
`
`The
`
`aforesaid
`
`documents
`
`are
`
`in
`
`the
`
`custody
`
`of
`
`the
`
`NYPD
`
`and
`
`as
`
`such
`
`provide
`
`not
`
`only
`
`the
`
`essential
`
`facts
`
`but
`
`almost
`
`all
`
`the
`
`facts
`
`relating
`
`to
`
`the
`
`instant
`
`claim
`
`against
`
`Respondent.
`
`if
`
`essential
`
`(ii)
`
`Even
`obtained
`
`the
`notice
`
`Respondent
`within
`
`did
`a reasonable
`
`not
`
`have
`time
`
`notice
`thereafter.
`
`of
`
`the
`
`facts
`
`they
`
`19.
`
`Respondent
`
`in the
`
`instant
`
`matter
`
`certainly
`
`had
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`essential
`
`facts
`
`within
`
`a
`
`reasonable
`
`time
`
`after
`
`the
`
`statutory
`
`period.
`
`20.
`
`First,
`
`your
`
`affirmant
`
`emphasizes
`
`to
`
`this
`
`Honorable
`
`Court
`
`that MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`criminal
`
`action
`
`was
`
`tenninated
`
`favorably
`
`by
`
`dismissal
`
`on
`
`5/27/22.
`
`(See
`
`Ex.
`
`A).
`
`The
`
`90
`
`day
`
`time
`
`frame
`
`begins
`
`criminal
`
`action
`
`for
`
`the
`
`claim
`
`of malicious
`
`prosecution
`
`to
`
`run
`
`at
`
`the
`
`time
`
`the
`
`is
`
`terminated.
`
`See Nunez
`
`v. City
`
`of New
`
`York,
`
`307
`
`A.D.2d
`
`218,
`
`762
`
`N.Y.S.2d
`
`384
`
`(l"
`
`Dept.
`
`2003).
`
`As
`
`such,
`
`the
`
`time
`
`flame
`
`would
`
`expire
`
`on 8/27/22.
`
`21.
`
`Here, MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`Notice
`
`of Claim
`
`was
`
`filed
`
`on
`
`5/27/22
`
`(See
`
`Ex.
`
`A).
`
`As
`
`such,
`
`said
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`as to malicious
`
`prosecution
`
`was
`
`timely
`
`and
`
`same
`
`is not
`
`at
`
`issue
`
`herein.
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`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1
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`INDEX NO. 808160/2022E
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`
`22.
`
`Second,
`
`your
`
`affirmant
`
`acknowledges
`
`that
`
`MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`claim
`
`for
`
`false
`
`imprisonment
`
`and
`
`other
`
`related
`
`claims
`
`at
`
`issue
`
`herein
`
`such
`
`as assault,
`
`battery,
`
`abuse
`
`of process,
`
`negligent
`
`hiring,
`
`training,
`
`and
`
`retention,
`
`began
`
`to
`
`run
`
`at
`
`the
`
`time
`
`of
`
`his
`
`release
`
`from
`
`detention
`
`which
`
`was
`
`on or about
`
`5/25/21.
`
`See Palmer
`
`v. City
`
`of New York,
`
`226
`
`A.D.2d
`
`149,
`
`640 N.Y.S.2d
`
`92 (1st Dept.
`
`1996).
`
`As
`
`the
`
`time
`
`frame
`
`expired
`
`on or about
`
`8/25/21.
`
`the
`
`notice
`
`such,
`
`Considering
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`was
`
`filed
`
`on
`
`5/27/22,
`
`said
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`was
`
`approximately
`
`nine
`
`(9) months
`
`late
`
`and
`
`filed
`
`within
`
`a "reasonable
`
`time
`
`thereafter."
`
`S_ee Pearson
`
`v. NYCHHC,
`
`43
`
`A.D.3d
`
`92,
`
`840
`
`N.Y.S.2d
`
`25
`
`(1st Dept.
`
`2007)
`
`(6 month
`
`delay
`
`reasonable).
`
`23.
`
`It
`
`should
`
`also
`
`not
`
`go
`
`unnoticed
`
`by
`
`this
`
`Honorable
`
`Court
`
`and
`
`it
`
`is
`
`emphasized
`
`herein
`
`that MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`claim
`
`for
`
`false
`
`imprisonment,
`
`malicious
`
`prosecution
`
`and
`
`other
`
`related
`
`of
`
`claims
`
`were
`
`filed
`
`within
`
`the
`
`1 year
`
`and
`
`90
`
`day
`
`statute
`
`limitations.
`
`Historically,
`
`the Courts
`
`have
`
`liberally
`
`construed
`
`General
`
`Municipal
`
`Law
`
`§ 50-e
`
`to
`
`allow
`
`claims
`
`to
`
`be
`
`heard
`
`on
`
`their
`
`merits.
`
`See Matter
`
`of Schiffman,
`
`supra.
`
`C.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`MR.
`Claim.
`
`Delay
`
`Does
`
`Not
`
`Substantially
`
`Prejudice
`
`Respondent_In
`
`Defending
`
`The
`
`24.
`
`MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`delay
`
`in
`
`filing
`
`a timely
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`does
`
`not
`
`substantially
`
`prejudice
`
`Respondent
`
`defend
`
`or
`
`investigate
`
`the
`
`claim
`
`herein.
`
`As
`
`ability
`
`to
`
`indicated
`
`above,
`
`Respondent
`
`had
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`the
`
`facts
`
`giving
`
`rise
`
`to MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`claims
`
`within
`
`the
`
`statute
`
`of
`
`limitations.
`
`Moreover,
`
`the NYPD is
`
`in possession
`
`of
`
`reports
`
`and
`
`records
`
`relating
`
`to the
`
`instant
`
`matter
`
`and most
`
`importantly
`
`the
`
`delay
`
`in
`
`filing
`
`the
`
`notice
`
`of
`
`claim
`
`with
`
`regard
`
`to
`
`the
`
`false
`
`imprisonment,
`
`false
`
`arrest
`
`and malicious
`
`prosecution
`
`claim
`
`is that
`
`they
`
`are within
`
`a reasonable
`
`time
`
`frame
`
`that
`
`being
`
`approximately
`
`nine
`
`(9) months.
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`25.
`
`It
`
`should
`
`also
`
`be
`
`noted
`
`that
`
`attached
`
`hereto
`
`as Exhibit
`
`"C"
`
`is a duly
`
`executed
`
`authorization
`
`to
`
`unseal
`
`the
`
`criminal
`
`file
`
`as related
`
`to
`
`this
`
`incident.
`
`This
`
`will
`
`certainly
`
`alleviate
`
`any
`
`claim
`
`of prejudice
`
`by
`
`the Respondent.
`
`26.
`
`In
`
`sum,
`
`the
`
`delay
`
`of
`
`approximately
`
`nine
`
`(9) months
`
`as to MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`claims
`
`herein
`
`as
`
`which
`
`the
`
`least
`
`were
`
`has
`
`not
`
`impeded
`
`indicated
`
`above,
`
`at
`
`very
`
`reasonable,
`
`any
`
`investigation
`
`or
`
`inquiry
`
`by Respondent
`
`that will
`
`rise
`
`to substantial
`
`prejudice.
`
`WHEREFORE,
`
`it
`
`is respectfully
`
`requested
`
`that
`
`this
`
`Court
`
`grant MR.
`
`LUNA'S
`
`leave
`
`to
`
`file
`
`a Notice
`
`of Claim
`
`nunc
`
`pro
`
`tunc
`
`along
`
`with
`
`such
`
`other
`
`and
`
`further
`
`relief
`
`as this
`
`Court
`
`may
`
`deem just,
`
`proper
`
`and
`
`equitable.
`
`Date:
`
`Bronx,
`May
`
`31,
`
`New York
`2022
`
`Submitted,
`Respectfully
`NEIL
`WOLLERSTEIN
`for Petitioner
`Attorney
`895
`Sheridan
`Avenue
`NY 10451
`588-1300
`(718)
`(917)-522-9703
`
`Bronx,
`Tel:
`Fax:
`
`BY
`
`NEIL
`
`OLLERSTEIN
`
`7 of 7
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