No jurisdiction was obtained over the individually named correction officers, who concededly worked at Rikers Island, by means of substituted service at the Department of Correction headquarters in Manhattan (see Lorensen v Digman, 1998 WL 37593, 1998 US Dist LEXIS 861 [ND NY, Jan. 27, 1998]). There are no disputed facts that would require a traverse hearing. In the absence of jurisdiction, these individuals were relieved of having to offer a meritorious defense or...
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