INDEX NO. 15300-2007

SUPREME COURT - STATE OF NEW YORK I.A.S. PART 17 - SUFFOLK COUNTY

P R E S E N T :

H o n . P€,TER H. MAYER MOTION DATE 9- 17-07 Justice of the Supreme Court ADJ. DATE 9-25-07

Mot. Seq. # 001 - RRH

CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 20,2009 @ 2 : O O PM

X j. HASk HOME FINANCE LLC, a/Wa CHASE MANHATTAN BANK a/k/a CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. a/Ma THE CHASE : 900 Merchants Concourse VANHATTAN BANK a/k/a CHASE HOME VIORTGAGE CORPORATION a/k/a JP MORGAN: C'HASE BANK dWa/ JP MORGAN CHASE i3 4 N K , N A a/k/a CHEMICAL BANK,

: Steven J. Baum, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff

Westbury, New York 1 1590

Plaint iff( s) , :

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;rwwx M ACKERSON, GAIL R. ACKERSON,: IAMES ALBANESE, ANGELA IIAMIREZ. THOMAS C. AUGUSTOWSKI, JR. HKFTT BACHMAN, JANET BACHMAN, 5 i IARON L YNN DAFFNER a/Ma SHARON H 4KES, THOMAS H. BALACKI, SUZANNE L. :

H,4RI)EGUEZ, STEVEN BAUVER, ROBIN t3AIIVEK, DONALD BERMAN, ROBERTA BERMAY, META BERNSTEIN, ERIC P. BIAGI, : S t IZETTE BIACiI, PATRICIA BOCK, JOSEPH : BOCK, CRAIG D. BOEHNER, FREDERICK HOSSERT, MADELEINE BOSSERT, JOHN P. : t3Ii411LEY3 ROSA BRADLEY, PETER HR.4NCIFORTE, BONNIE BRESALIER, SCOTT : 'VI HRESALIER, JOSEPH J. BRESLIN, CHERYL : t i l HRESLIN, EDWARD A. BROWN, ANN MARIE BROWN, DOUGLAS P. BROWNE, K 4REN K. BROWNE, MONA BRYAN,

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13 /\LA('KI, JESIJS M BARDEGUEZ, JOANNE :

K L N N E T H BRYAN, RICHARD W. BUCKHEIT, : IIIIZNA L. BIJCKHEIT, EREC B. BURGESS, I h Y V. BIJRGESS, SCOTT BURNBAUM, JEAN: B l i RYB 4LJM, JANE D. CAHILL, JOSEPH B. ( 4LANDRIN0, DENISE CALANDRINO,

c 4MPBELL, ANTHONY S. CAPRI, LISA M. c APRI, VANMIT CHADHA a/k/a MANMIT S. ( HAIIHA, NAl’ELLA CHADHA, DIANA i LEMENTE, R4YMOND COCCIA, ARLENE

OCCIA, IRVIN COLON, INEZ A. COLON, ROBERT P. COMBA, ANNMARIE COMBA, THOMAS A. COOK, PATRICIA L. COOK, I( ISEPHINE COREY, GEORGE R. CORNELL, DONNA L D’ANDREA, LYNN A. CORSO, SCOTT L. CORWIN, ELIZABETH CORWIN, I YYDA A. COSTELLO, DEBRA S CRANE, IIONhA A CULLEN, JOHN G. CULLEN, RI<’HARD A. DANZIG, MICHELLE DAVI, JOHN 1’ DAVI JR., WILLIAM J DAVIS IV, Mlc‘HELLE DAVIS, JAMES DOUGHERTY, P4TRICIA DOIJGHERTY, ROBERT C. DROMERHAUSER, MARY DROMERHAUSER, : ROBERT A. D U M , MARLA BECKER DUNN, : TEIIRY DIJRHAM, VALERIA BRYANT, WILLIAM M. DYMOND, ROSEMARIE DYMOND. JOHN EHRHART, DAWN EHRHART, MARK S. ELUTO, BARBARA

IJLTO, JOHN ERICSON HEYKE IV, HERBERT ERNEST, IRENE ERNEST,

t 4 ARRINGTON. CYNTHIA A. FIORE, DAVID : I‘OKLANO DDS, KAREN FORLANO, PAULA :

J F IiA4NKL,lN, JOANNE FRANKLIN, MICHAEL: F R I F DM AN, EILEEN FRIEDMAN, NINA FKIEDRICH, ALFONSO FRIERSON 111, SCOTT : 0 FRYC‘EK, DANIELLE FRYCEK, NICHOLAS : 1 c iAM,4STA, JAMES A. GANNON, KAREN A. :

c iEORGE M. CAMPBELL, KERRY A. : :

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i \ x ’ r ~ ~ o w s. FARRINGTON, KATHERINE :

A FRANCIS, BERNARD FRANCIS, RICHARD

(IATNON, THOMAS A. GARGIULO, JEANNE ( r A R G J I J L 0 , AI,VIN R. GAY, SHEILA GAY, I’I 1IL.IP P. GEHA, LINDA H. GEHA, .JUNE (; EIIMANN, MATTHEW GERMANN, “c ICItOLAS GIODANO, RUSSELL GIUFFRIDA, : C H ItISTIN.4 GIUFFRIDA, NICHOLAS

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bIIJRICICH, HELEN GIURICICH, ALBERT A. : m , i z BRENDA SHELLEY GLUTZ, DENNIS : GORDON, ELIZABETH GORDON, TIMOTHY P.:

5 4WANTHA GRABOW, M. PERRY GRANT, : t TOSS. PATRICIA J. GOSS, THOMAS GRABOW,:

1 4KS (iUSTAFSON, JILL GUSTAFSON,

f IAC‘KET, CHARLES HARKIN, DEBRA 1 IARMON, DEAN K. HEARN, SONYA L. t 1 F AKN, DONALD R. HEHIR, JR, LAURA E. : k i E H IR, ROBERT D. HELLER 111, DENEEN HELLEK. DAVID W. HERNANDEZ, ROBERT E.: IiFRRMANN, SUSANNA F. BUTLER, KATHY : kaJN. RUSSELL, L. HIRSCHHORN, JILL S. HIKSCHHORN. ROBERT HOLDEN, JOANNE : ti 0 L. DEY, ELEANOR HOSEK, JOHN A. HOSEK:

SLJLANNE HOVA, STANLEY JERYGA, MARA: L 41TVA, SHAUN JOHNSON, LOWELL E. l ( >NE& DEBORAH GRIFFIN JONES, RUTH : , A . JlIRUSIK a/k/a RUTH A. JURUSIK, CHESTER: JIJRUSIK, PRASAD KAMBHAMPATY, RAMA : KAMBHAMPATY, FREDERICK KAMERER, :

VEN J . KAIWOWICZ, DONALD KEARNS, : kLlZABETH H. KEARNS, KEITH M. KELSKEY : $ H 4RON K. KELSKEY, ROBERT E. KIFER, LIhDA KIFER, BRIAN J. KLETCHKA, NOELLE : I KLETCHKA. VOLKMAN KOEHLER, H EIDl KOEHLIIR, DAVID JACOB KRAUS, BARRY N. KRE,ISWIRTH, STACY KREISWIRTH, SALVATORE J. LA SCALA, F 11.4 NK LANDKIO, NICOLE LANDRIO, PAUL : L \SCALA, CHRISTOPHER P. LAWLOR, L)ESPINA EVANGEL LAWLOR, CAROLINE R. : IN(iRAM alda CAROLINE R. LAZZARUOLO, : CHRISTINE LEBCI, MAHMET LEBCI, GERALD:

K 4 R E N LEVY, DANIEL R. LONG, JOANNE :

VI\’I.4N M. MAHL, SUSAN L. MALLON, JOHN : CIALONE. MAlJREEN MALONE, GLENN W. : VIANDLER. PETER S. MATTIACE, DANIEL P. : %IC C’ARTHY, CHRISTINA MCCARTHY, SHARON ANN MCCOBB, BRIAN MCCURDY, : ELlLABETH DUANE MCCURDY, SCOTT VICLEAN, GINA E. MCLEAN, NEIL F. MCNEIL,: KAREN MCNEIL, DENNIS J. MCWILLIAMS, : I:LLE,N MCWILLIAMS, VIRGIL10 MENDOZA, : FLOKENCIA D. MENDOZA, SHARON D. \/IERCER, ALLEN K. MERRILL alWa ALLEN : V1 E RRIL L, GWENDOLYN MERRILL, R4ULlALL F MICHAELS, CAROLYN K. MI(’HAELS, ROBERT J. MILLER, ANNE J. CIILNE, JACOB OJITO, MARY B. MINKOFF,

VL’ILLIAM J. HACKETT, MADELAINE D.

TREVOR HOUGH, KIM HURST-HOUGH,

4 ROL KAME RER, RASHID KAREEM,

C J LEIBOWITZ, HEIDI LEIBOWITZ, NIR LEVY:

LONG, r < o B E R r LYONS, ALAN MACCARY, :

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I t AIiKEN J . MOLINO, MARIE A. MONGIARDO,: IOHN P MONTGOMERY, KAREN M. hIONTGOMERY, ROBERT A. NEGRIN, WILLIAM H. HORNSBY, ROY P. NEMERSON, : 1 ISA L. NEMERSON, JOHN T. NEWTON, t ATHALENE NEWTON, MARTIN V IkRENBERG, ROSEMARY NIERENBERG, : I- AI. ISTO M . NIJNEZ, JUANA NUNEZ, KEVIN : i W R E N , JOYCE O’BRIEN, LUIS ORE, LINDA : [’)EPINTO, JOYCE A. PALAZZOLO, FRANK : Pr\LAZ%O, VINCENT A. PECORARO, LOIS : S PFC‘ORARO, MICHAEL T. PELLERITO, LISA : \ I PF,LLERITO, ALBERT W. PENCE,

PL;KC‘IBALL1, DENISE L. PERCIBALLI, FR 4NK PIRRI, PATRICK E. POOLE, IGINA IWOL,E. VINCENT B. PRAINITO, KATHLEEN J.: I’R4INIT0, CHRISTOPHER B. PULITANO, IIEBORAH A. PULITANO, RICHARD QUIGG, : BARBARA A. QUIGG, NEIL B. RANALDO, L LC’TORIA JOHNIDES, GREGORY REFF, f?OBERT A. REICH, JAMES REILLY, TINA I? EILLY, RICHARD RITTER, DIANE RITTER, : ROBERT ROBERTO, DEBRA A. ROBERTO, VATTHEW RODRIGUEZ, KAREN RODRIGUEZ: J ( )HN ROMANO, MARIE ROMANO, ROBERT : IIIIGGIERO, JOAN RUGGIERO, JOHN

I<O\ALD D. RIJTH, LINDA RUTH, EDUARDO :

FKANCES M. FOWLES, EDWARD J. FOWLES, : I- fiANClb L. FOWLES n/k/a FRANCIE L.

SIJSANNA MIL LER-PENCE, STEPHEN J.

RUSSELL, MICHELE POLIDORO-RUSSELL, :

S 4NC‘HEZ, SANTOS LEONOR SANCHEZ,

\AYTANA, DONNA SANZERI, LISA WILD, AYTHONY SCALICE, DONNA ELAYNA VIARKIEWICZ, JOSEPH SCHENK 111, ELINA \ I ONTICC [OLO SCHENK, LOUIS ’;C ’H I AVETTA, PATRICIA SCHIAVETTA, DAk’ID M. SCHIFF, ARTHUR J. SCHLESINGER,: \AOMI J. SCHLESINGER, LARRY S. SCHRAM,: iom SCHRAM. BENSON J. SCHULTZ, SUSAN : SC’HIJLTZ. ROBERT S. SCHWARTZ, DIANE : WHWARTZ, NEAL D. SCHWEITZER, SUSAN : 5 E I F F SCHWEITZER, KEVIN P. SHAY, MARIE : I . SHAY, JEROME SHIMONY, MARTELLE : SHIMONY, BRUCE D. SIEGEL, LAURA SIKORSKI, LOKENZO J. BRIEBA, LAURA ;I LF’ERSTEIN, STEVEN SILVERSTEIN, ADAM : i SIWEK, JOAV SIWEK, GERARD SMALDINO: I k 1 N I E A. SMALDINO, SUNIL SOOD, PHILIP : i : SP 4MPINA7’0, IRA SPERLING, JULIE

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SPI<KLIY(;, JAMES J. SPIEGEL, BARBARA : SPJE,GEL, CHRISTOPHER J. STELMACH, LISA : l l STELMACH, JEFFREY T. STERN, SHARON : It. STERN, COYSTANTINE STEWART, ( RISTINA P. ROXAS, PEPITO R. ROXAS, ROBERT S. STRAUB, ROCHELLE STRAUB, :

KEVIN ‘VI. SWEENEY, CYNTHIA SCHOOK : SU’kENEY, EUGENE R TEAGUE, CHRISTINE : t ‘PI:AC;UE, ROBERT F. THIERWECHTER 11, : I’KIROTHY D. THIERWECHTER, ROBERT J. :

I AWRENC’E M . UHRLASS, JAMES A. UNGER, : SLJSAN L. UNGER, HECTOR T. URGARRIZA, : KENNETH T. VANBELL, DANA C. VANBELL, : 4hGELO A. VANELLA, HEATHER SCOPO, : PHILIP 4. VARCA SR, KATHLEEN VARCA, : CAYDR4 VEEKAPEN, SHARON M. VELTRE, : IENNIFER LENCINA, SEBASTIANO VITELLI, : lit . . LAlJRIE A VITELLI, CHARLES P.

C HRISTOPHER WALKLEY, NANCY U’ALKLEY, WILLIAM K. WALSH, KATHLEEN : 1 WALSH,KURT WASSERMAN, AMANDA : ‘LIk YERS, JEAN A. WELLER, WILLIAM U’E LLER, JOHN J. WHALEN 111, RICHARD M‘H ITMAN, KATHLEEN WILEY, MICHAEL : W I LEY, THORNDIKE WILLIAMS JR, MARK : LI;ILLIAMSON, COLLETTE WILLIAMSON, : RIC’HARD J . W[SNIEWSKI, KELLY A. V:ISNIEWSKI, DAVID WOLMETZ, CAROLYN : S PEINMAN, HOSSEIN YAJADDA, SORAYA : /ABIHI. JEFFREY D. ZELENKA, BARBARA A. : LELEN, KALAImY ZINGER, SABRINA ZINGER:

J *\VIES M. STUREK JR, REGINA STUREK,

r t u : i ~ t x ~ ~ , VERONICA TREUBERT,

IL‘.AHRHEIT, PATRICIA ANN C. WAHRHEIT,

A % DRE W ZLO‘TNICK, OLIVIA CASSIN, 6ILESSANDRO CASSIN IOI-IN DOE, (Said name being fictitious, it being the: i1:tention of plaintiff to designate any an all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, and : iny parties, corporations or entities, if any, having :

# ) I claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged : pi-emi ses. )

Defendant(s). : - X

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L pon the reading and filing of the following papers in this matter: (1) Notice of Motion by the plaintiff, dated i i h r t i \ i 14. 2007, atid supporting papers; and now

LiPON DUE DELIBERATION AND CONSIDERATION BY THE COURT of the foregoing papers, the motion is decided as follows: it is

ORDERED that the plaintiffs motion (001) for an order granting the expungement of each of the de tendants’ Satisfactions of Mortgages, which are alleged to have been erroneously recorded in the Suffolk C ounty Clerk’s Office, and restoring all of plaintiffs rights under each mortgage, is hereby decided to the cutent that a hearing shall be held on: Tuesday, January 20,2009, from 2:OO p.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Tuesday, February 3. 2000, from 2:OO p.m. to 4:45 p.m.; and Tuesday, February 17, 2009, from 2:OO p.m. to 4:45 p 111.. to af’ford all defendants an opportunity to be heard as to whether or not their particular mortgage has, i t ) f’act. been satisfied; and it is further

ORDERED that counsel for the plaintiff shall appear on each of the scheduled hearing dates to present to the Court the proofs required herein and by law prior to the granting of the relief requested in the complaint; and it is further

ORDERED that any defendant wishing to be heard by the Court may appear, either by an attorney { j o - on their own behalf, between the hours of 2:OO p.m. and 4:45 p.m., on any of the scheduled hearing ditcs. for purposes of being heard as to why an Order should not be granted expunging the appearing dc fcndaiit ’ s own satisfaction of mortgage, which was allegedly recorded erroneously in the Suffolk County C lerk‘s Ofiyce, and for an Order granting any other relief requested in the plaintiffs complaint; and it is I-1 I IT h e I’

ORDERED that any defendant wishing to appear on any of the scheduled hearing dates shall :ontact (‘hambers by telephone at 63 1-852-1760 at least one business day prior to that date to confirm their q x a r a n c e : and it is further

ORDERED that at the time of the last scheduled hearing date, plaintiff shall, after proper proof of cntitlement to the relief requested in the moving papers, submit to the Court for the Court’s consideration

the hearing for each defendant has been completed, a separate proposed order for each individual ckfendant, which contain the relief requested in the moving papers; and it sis further

ORDERED that each proposed Order tendered by the plaintiff to the Court shall include the full :aption of this action and, on the first page of the Order to the right of the caption, the following information: ( 1 ) the name of the individual defendant who the particular Order relates to; (2) the Liber and P,ige ofthat defendant’s mortgage; (3) the Liber and Page of Satisfaction of Mortgage previously filed for ;hat particular defendant’s mortgage; and (4) that defendant’s property description (Le. Section, Lot and Block numbers); and it is further

ORDERED that for all defendants purportedly served with a copy of the summons and complaint i x personal sen ice pursuant to CPLR §308( 1) or (2), the plaintiff shall promptly serve upon those qlcfc.ndants a copy of this Order by certified mail, return receipt requested and by first class mail, and shall i>i.on~ptly thereafter file the affidavits of service with the Suffolk County Clerk; and it is further

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ORDERED that for all defendants purportedly served with a copy of the summons and complaint h? m y method other than CPLR §308( 1) or (2), the plaintiff shall promptly serve upon those defendants ‘1 copy of this Order and a copy of the summons and complaint by personal service pursuant to CPLR $308 I ’ ) * ( 2 1 or (4), and shall thereafter file the affidavits of service with the Suffolk County Clerk; and it is ft Irt I1 e1

ORDERED that in addition to the foregoing methods of service, the plaintiff shall publish a copy ofthis Order, as well as a copy of the Summons and Complaint, in Long Island Newsday, in the edition(s) niost likely to give the defendants notice of the reliefrequested in this action, and shall promptly thereafter tiie the affidavit( s) of such service with the Suffolk County Clerk; and it is further

ORDERED that at the time of the scheduled hearings, the plaintiff shall tender to the Court a copy i) 1‘ t lie affidavit of service for each particular defendant to which the particular proposed order relates.

I n this action, the plaintiff contends that the plaintiff erroneously filed satisfactions of mortgage for :‘icii o f the hundreds defendants named in this action. The plaintiffs motion papers indicate that each dcfcndant who was served with the summons and complaint was also served with a letter authored by :ounsel tor the plaintiff. According to the plaintiff, this letter permitted the defendants to consent to the :-clici’requested in the complaint by signing the letter and returning it to counsel. In relevant part, the letter i t at c

If you consent to vacate the release and for the Suffolk County Clerk’s records to be corrected kindly sign this letter, print your name below your signature, print your address where appropriate and mail back this letter to this office using the self addressed envelope. In addition this letter shall serve as a Notice of Appearance in said action and I waive all documents in this proceeding except the signed order vacating the satisfaction of record that was erroneously recorded.

111 support of its motion, the plaintiff annexes several of these letters, purportedly signed by the ,-cspectivc defendants, as their presumed consent to the relief requested in the complaint. The Court, n o w ever, finds these submissions to be unreliable as proof that the particular defendants do, in fact, consent !o the requested relief. First, the language contained in the letter, which states “this letter shall serve as a hot ice of‘ Appearance ... andlwaive all documents in this proceeding,” is nebulous and may be misleading. For example, it could reasonably be interpreted by the reader to constitute a waiver by the plaintiff bank, w t a waiver on the part of the defendant.

Second, some of the purported mortgagee signatures are actually signatures by others, allegedly “on iwhal f of’ the mortgagor. Third, some signatures add qualifying language, such as “formerly known as” ) I “a: kia” after the signature. Fourth, and most importantly, none of the signatures are notarized, nor does the letter prepared by plaintiffs counsel provide a space for any signatures to be notarized. Therefore, none )t‘the signatures may properly be relied upon by the Court to establish that any of the defendants consent

1 0 c acate their respective satisfactions of mortgage.

Based on the foregoing, the Court will afford all defendants an opportunity to be heard on the dates .et tort11 herein, as to whether or not the plaintiff is entitled to the relief requested in the complaint.

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l’his coiistitutes the Order of the Court.

1 ) ; L I c ~ : November 17, 2008 lhaNm- PETER H. MAYER, fS.C.