Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York February 15, 2017, 2016-00399 (First United Mortgage Banking Corp. v. Lawani)

In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Silber, J.), dated May 27, 2014, which (1) denied its unopposed motion for an order of reference, for leave to enter a default judgment against the defendants upon their failure to appear or answer the complaint, and to amend the caption, and (2), sua sponte, directed the dismissal of the