Gliklad v. Chernoi

138 A.D.3d 585, 28 N.Y.S.3d 613

Opinion

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melvin L. Schweitzer, J.), entered December 17, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied nonparty Arik Kislin’s motion for a protective order, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Appeal from order, same court (Anil C. Singh, J.), entered June 23, 2015, which effectively granted re-argument of the motion for a protective order, and, upon re-argument, adhered to the original determination, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as academic.

The motion court (Schweitzer, J.) providently exercised its discretion in denying Kislin’s motion for a protective order limiting plaintiff’s use of a restraining notice (see Fiore v Oakwood Plaza Shopping Ctr., 178 AD2d 311, 312 [1st Dept 1991], appeal dismissed 80 NY2d 826 [1992]). The restraining notice states that Kislin is restrained from making “any sale, assignment or transfer of . . . all property in which the judgment debtor [defendant] has an interest.” Although the notice would be ineffective if the judgment debtor defendant does not have any interest in property in Kislin’s possession or custody (see CPLR 5222 [b]; Gallant v Kanterman, 198 AD2d 76, 78 [1st Dept 1993]), postjudgment discovery is incomplete and there is evidence of an extensive and entwined business relationship between Kislin, the judgment debtor, and a nonparty, Iskander Makhmudov, involving their interests in various entities, including the Hotel Gansevoort. Accordingly, there is no basis for a protective order at this time.

We have considered Kislin’s remaining contentions and find them unavailing.

Concur — Tom, J.P., Acosta, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels and Gesmer, JJ.