Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The excuse proffered by the plaintiff for his failure to timely serve a note of issue — that his attorney had lost the case file — was insufficient to defeat the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to prosecute (see, CPLR 3215 [e]; Shu Chaing Chan v Fendt,
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