A neighbor’s legal action against celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz over view-blocking cedar trees was rightfully dismissed as premature, a state appeals court held Monday.

The neighbor, attorney Angelo Bisceglie Jr. of Cliffside Park, did not exhaust his administrative remedies before filing his action in lieu of prerogative writs, the Appellate Division said in Bisceglie v. Oz, A-3484-11.