Subdivision (5) of the Special Readiness Rule of the Second Department, which provides that a party may move within 20 days after the filing of a statement of readiness to strike a cause from the calendar, does not mandate that upon such motion a cause must be stricken. The defendant's attorney persistently argues that so long as a defendant has not completed any one of the preliminary proceedings the action is not ready for trial...
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