Arko MB LLC v. O'Neel

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered September 20, 2011, which denied plaintiff judgment creditor’s motion pursuant to CPLR 5251 to hold individual defendant judgment debtor in contempt of court, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff failed to demonstrate with clear and convincing evidence that defendant had refused or willfully neglected to obey the subpoenas (see CPLR 5251; Gray v Giarrizzo, 47 AD3d 765, 766 [2008]; see generally Pereira v Pereira, 35 NY2d 301, 308 [1974]). Although defendant’s answers to plaintiffs questions in the deposition could…