Whether the State Appellate Division wrongfully denied Petitioner's Motion for Leave to Appeal

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the State Appellate Division wrongfully denied Petitioner’s Motion for Leave to Appeal when : sua sponte and without notice to Petitioner, and without providing him an opportunity to respond, it determined that Petitioner failed to establish a prima , facie case of employment discrimination against his former employer. Whether the State Appellate Division erred in affirming sua sponte and without notice to Petitioner, and without providing him an opportunity to respond, ; the decision and order of the motion court in dismissing Petitioner’s counterclaim for legal malpractice against the Respondent. y