US Bank National Ass'n v. Williams , 153 A.D.3d 650 ( 2017 )

US Bank Natl. Assn. v Williams (2017 NY Slip Op 06098)

US Bank Natl. Assn. v Williams

2017 NY Slip Op 06098

Decided on August 9, 2017

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on August 9, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P.
ROBERT J. MILLER
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX
HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.

2015-04045
(Index No. 10606/12)

[*1]US Bank National Association, as trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Acceptance Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-1, respondent,

v

Michael Williams, appellant, et al., defendants.

Michael Williams, Jamaica, NY, appellant pro se.

Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY (David Dunn, Chava Brandriss, and Heather R. Gushue of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER

In an action to foreclose a mortgage, the defendant Michael Williams appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Livote, J.), entered December 29, 2014, which denied his motion to compel the deposition of nonparty witnesses.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Where, as here, a defendant defaults in answering the complaint, he or she forfeits the right to engage in discovery (see Rudra v Friedman, 123 AD3d 1104, 1104; Kolonkowski v Daily News, L.P., 112 AD3d 677; Singh v Friedson, 36 AD3d 605, 606; Amato v Fast Repair, Inc., 15 AD3d 429, 430; Santiago v Siega, 255 AD2d 307, 307-308). Accordingly, since the defendant Michael Williams defaulted in answering the complaint, the Supreme Court properly denied his motion to compel the deposition of nonparty witnesses.

CHAMBERS, J.P., MILLER, HINDS-RADIX and LASALLE, JJ., concur.

ENTER: Aprilanne Agostino Clerk of the Court