
    In the Matter of Patrice Atwood et al., Respondents, v Markieth Pridgen et al., Respondents, and Maurice McCray et al., Appellants.
    Submitted September 9, 2016;
    decided September 9, 2016
   Motion for leave to appeal denied. The Court of Appeals restates the rule that denial of a motion for leave to appeal is not equivalent to an affirmance and has no precedential value (see Matter of Marchant v Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co., 252 NY 284, 297-298 [1929]).  