The opinion
Board of Mgrs. of the Oceana Condominium No. Eight
v Usmanov
2024 NY Slip Op 33536(U)
October 2, 2024
Supreme Court, Kings County
Docket Number: Index No. 10720/2013
Judge: Derefim B. Neckles
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FILED: KINGS COUNTY CLERK 10/03/2024 INDEX NO. 10720/2013
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 117 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 10/07/2024
At anIAS T~rm, PartFRP-2 ofth~:S1,1prerne .Cqurt;
of the· State ..of N~w· York; held ·in ·and ,for the·
County of Kings, atthe:courth~use,. at,.360 Adams.
Stre_el,. Brooklyn, N~w Yoik1_ 11_2_Ql o;i the 2nd day
or October, 2024;
PRE$EN.'t:
l-fON. ;DEREFIIVIB. NECI<I.,E$,
· :· · Act.ingJusti.ce. . .
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BQARp OF MA.NAQER$0F T.BE OCEANA
COND'Q_M_INII,Th1NO._EIGHT,
Plaintiff;
- ,agairist .- ~nde~ No, 1072O/2013
FARKHADJANUSMANOV, FLAGSTAR BANK
FSB, Fl'OM'.E,VEST CAPITAt'Ltq, LEAF
FlJNDiNG> ·ING:, NYS DE~ARr~ dl? .
TAXATION and FINANCE;--UNITED STATES
OF Afyffi_RICA, INTERNAL ,REVEN_lJffSI::RVICE,
THE. .BANK .OF NEW .YORI(MELLON,-
M0RTOAGE"ELECTR0NIC"llEGISTRATI0N
SYSTEM ... . ' '. . ' '
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D_efendi:mts•..
The· -fo'(lo.wfog e-filed paperS· read:'hereifl:: NY.SCEE Doc Nos;
Order t9 Show Cause!A._ffimi,ation/OPPQS:it;o1:i 31-34, 42, 5.-1-110
2 nd ·Ori:fer to Show Cause/A£lii;mation/Oppositfoh
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47-.49, lf5,. 11-6'
;Up.on- the·. fote_going papers ;in this, proceeding ·to foreclose CJrL a- condominium
cmµm{:m charg~ lien. O:n 10$ Oce.aria,Drive East, Unit lD,_ Brooklyn, N~w Y◊rk; non,cp,arty.
MS, G~ob~l -Groqp LLC- ("<MS Glob~r') riiovek by' or~~t ~o sh9w:cause (undet. mot.. seq. s)
for an !order {1) vacating· the· order fo ·shoW ,cause dated.June 13y 2023, pursuant.to CPLR
§50,15(~).(4) .for Ja,i;kof per~o.1,1a;J jurl~diction over- M~f GlQbal,. and {b) vacating tne $l,llle 13.-,
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2013 :?tder- putsuant to. CPLR :§50is'(a)(3) due· to 'fraud~ •m:isrepres.enta:tion~. -or other
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miscQ~dµct of l:l.n adver;s~ party, defeni;lant.F~khadjan_ Usmanov ("Usmanov'·'}.
(Non-party. West Fotk q:apit~l.Equiti es LLC ("We~t Fork"); m,oyes..by ord~r to show
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ca~s.e-(uhd_er m_ot,-'seq. ~) for an order vacatrn..g the ordet:to ~how cause dated Jm_1e.l 3:"20.1$-
wfrh prejudic'e :Cot' lade: :o'f-personal jurisdiction over W:est Fork.
[PJ<iihtiff c.omm.en:c~ this_ action qn Jun~ ·11,..2013; ·against def~rtdant Usn_1anov~ to
foreclose a cortdominium chID¥e-Hen for n:on'-paymentof:common charges. Usinanov was
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serve¢with the summons. and com_plajnt-onJune 28, 2013 r•avd later defa_µlted in .this action.
A judgm~ntor"foteclosure and sale was . entered. against U.~m~no:v on· Apr_il 24;..·2015. A
forecl9·sure auction was held on January·?. :201.6, where West Fork was ·the suc·cessfuJ
bkld~rJ West "f.ork w~s deed~d: the prpperty .on April 6-, 20J6, ·by a referee's deed.
Thete~fter~ on July: J. 8, 2018, W~sJ Fork coTTv~ye:d· the· property to MS. Glqbal.
pn lune_ l,, '2023, Usmanov moved.by order:to show cause· (mot; seq. 4) seeking t~r
vac_ateth~j udgment, offorecJosure and ·S;ale, vacaH~g the referee's deed,_ and the subsequent
deed t6 MSi·OtabaL The order-to show cause was signed: by. this court Qn .Jurfe 13, 2Q2q .•
Movarits- allege that U~niano~ failed to .serve,-t)Je order _to s.how cause 011 ·West -Fork· and
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MS· G{cihal and as a.result, heitherparty filed· opposition' or appear.eel :on the. return d~t~~·
and th~ ord~r to ·$how cause. w~& granted on default.,
-~ on-parties;_ MS (}lobar and \Vest Fc.u:k, .n·ow fileil1¢s~ 'irtst~t oi,:dt;t~ to show CE).US~
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to vac~te_.the.June 1:3, 2:023 Ordet.
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Discussiotf
!This court signed. the June: 13 ,,202~ otder toshow·-cause 11nd dh-ecteo tha,t s~rvi9.e pf
the or~·~r- with suppon;ing ·papers ·be served on plaintiff.s atto01ey, the curr.~nt owner or.
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deed: ~o1der,.fb.e.,_e.feree, and.'"a.ny otheq:i~qJi ·entitled.:tQ .µ9tic'e y~~ oyetnight mail._"
;W,h_er._e a .defe~~ant -~o'yes fo set asid~· a -foreclosure: :sal~~ and thereby _seeks to
deprivb the-purchaser of.his acquired interes~ fo the:p'toperty, the purchaser hecpmes. an
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indisp¢p_sabJe party to the·motion. :Se~ e~g. C1ticorp. Mortg.Jnr;. y·Ronkqn~_2&9 A.D.2d 438.
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(Zd . D1pt 2001). -H~re, West For!,<was the S:uccel:isful bidder in t~e s:µbj'e_ct foreclosu.resaJe'
and was therefore an indispensable-party to this actio1L
;:U;;@a~oy~s ord~r t.o show.cause .sought v_&catu.r Qfthe -referee.'s deeq.tp West Fo~k;
Wbet¢:tbis courr direct.ed !i'ervice on ·"aqy other .party eoti.!le~ to notice''; U~rnano\r should
have s.~rved W.est Fork since. he was seeking to :depnve West Fork -o:fthefr interest in the.
property.. Here, {!stiuµ10V'$ affidavit ofservi~e ~nnexe.d to:thesignedorderto !!how·ca\lse,.
.clearl~ sho:NS tnat ·west ·Eotk wa_~ _µtit o.ne of the parti,e~. served wi.th ine··o~4er: to ,.show
cause.:
[Whether or i:Jot-authorized by ,;1 coµrt orde:r,:J~dsdic1ion over anonparty·, ..._cannot be
cibtai.n~d b.Y servic_e upon it: .. by either prdinary mail or .certified mail. Ma_tier [![Libert)!
Mut, lrzs, Co.-, 625" N.Y:S2d. 6J9, 620 {1995). _Ir,.,Mqtter o/Liberty, the-_c"ourt .held tl_-la.t
properi servic_e: was .-never .effected,jw:isdiction was never obtaihedj and as. a> result· the.
de_faµJ:tjt.Jdgru.eot
.~:.. mus(btt vac~teq be¢au~e-·the .nop_party
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:was op.ly
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served ·1:hrough ,.certifitd:
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ma:H. Id. Here~ MS·.JJ)obal fa a: nonparty to. the· 'instal)t'. foteclosure-..action, a,nd it -"'.~.s op.iy-
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served)he·1_not.ton pi:!;pers by overnight inaiLThus 1 the directed:service in .the orcie:r Jo shPW
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cause-was impro-per,-and MS Global was notproperly .served.
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.Accor~in~ly, ·i tis.
;ORI>ERED that MS Global's order to show cause (mot . .seq. 5) is granted ;i11 aU.
respec~s.
!ORDERED tha:t.'West Fork;s order to-show cause· (mot. se_q. 6} is .granted io all
tesp~cts.
!TI).is constitutes the·dec1sion and ~rder of:the court.
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