Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2025

Matter of Cayuga Nation v. Seneca

Matter of Cayuga Nation v. Seneca
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 6, 2025
2025 NY Slip Op 03423
Matter of Cayuga Nation v. Seneca

Opinion

Matter of Cayuga Nation v Seneca (2025 NY Slip Op 03423)
Matter of Cayuga Nation v Seneca
2025 NY Slip Op 03423
Decided on June 6, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on June 6, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: BANNISTER, J.P., MONTOUR, SMITH, AND NOWAK, JJ.

226 CA 23-02149

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF CAYUGA NATION, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

v

MICHELLE SENECA, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.




BARLCAY DAMON LLP, SYRACUSE (MICHAEL E. NICHOLSON OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.

JOSEPH J. HEATH, SYRACUSE, AND LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL D. SLIGER, NEW YORK CITY, FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.



Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Seneca County (Barry L. Porsch, A.J.), entered November 30, 2023. The order granted the motion of respondent to vacate a default judgment.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from an order that granted respondent's motion to vacate a default judgment, which domesticated a judgment of the Cayuga Nation Civil Court against respondent. We affirm for the reasons stated in Matter of Cayuga Nation v John (— AD3d — [June 6, 2025] [4th Dept 2025]).

Entered: June 6, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court



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