Opinion
2012-06-19
Carmine N. PAGANO, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. Pasquale J. MALPESO, D.M.D, et al., Defendants–Respondents.
Carmine N. Pagano, appellant pro se. Murphy & Higgins, LLP, New Rochelle (Andrew M. Harrison of counsel), for respondents.
Carmine N. Pagano, appellant pro se. Murphy & Higgins, LLP, New Rochelle (Andrew M. Harrison of counsel), for respondents.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan B. Lobis, J.), entered May 19, 2011, dismissing the action pursuant to an order which, inter alia, granted defendants' motion to strike the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the action based on pro se plaintiff's pattern of disobeying court orders and failing to provide discovery ( see CPLR 3126[3]; Arts4All, Ltd. v. Hancock, 54 A.D.3d 286, 287, 863 N.Y.S.2d 193 [2008],affd. 12 N.Y.3d 846, 881 N.Y.S.2d 390, 909 N.E.2d 83 [2009],cert. denied ––– U.S. ––––, 130 S.Ct. 1301, 175 L.Ed.2d 1076 [2010] ).
We have considered plaintiff's remaining arguments and find them unavailing. In addition, defendants did not appeal from that portion of the court's prior order denying sanctions, and, in any event, sanctions are unwarranted.