Opinion
Motion No: M-998
05-28-2019
Stephane Cosman Connery and Micheline Connery, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Burton S. Sultan, Defendant-Appellant.
A corrected order of this Court having been entered on July 24, 2019 (M-2521/M-2691) granting plaintiffs-respondents' motion to dismiss defendant-appellant's appeal taken from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered on or about February 15, 2018, and enjoining defendant-appellant from filing any notice of appeal, appellate papers or motions related to this action without prior leave of this Court,And plaintiffs-respondents having moved for an order pursuant to Judiciary Law §§ 753, 756 and 773, adjudging defendant guilty of, and punishing him for, civil contempt for his alleged misconduct in disobeying the aforesaid corrected order entered July 24, 2018, by serving and filing a motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals, without prior leave of this Court, and for costs and attorney's fees incurred as a result of his contempt, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is denied.
ENTERED: May 28, 2019
_____________________ CLERK
PRESENT: Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding, Judith J. Gische Barbara R. Kapnick Ellen Gesmer Cynthia S. Kern, Justices
M-998
Index No. 401336/05