Morgenthau v Western Express Intl., Inc.

Morgenthau v Western Express Intl., Inc. 2011 NY Slip Op 03099 Decided on April 19, 2011 Appellate Division, First 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 April 19, 2011
Andrias, J.P., Saxe, Acosta, Abdus-Salaam, Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.
3181N 400516/06

[*1]Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, Plaintiff-Respondent,

v

Western Express International, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants, Yelena Barysheva, et al., Defendants.



 
John P. DeMaio, New York, for appellants.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Malancha
Chanda of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Shulman, J.), entered September 22, 2009, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied the motion of defendants Western Express International, Inc., and Vadim Vassilenko to release restrained funds in the amount of $68,055 for the payment of attorney's fees, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The financial affidavits submitted by defendants in support of their motion failed to establish the unavailability of other assets to pay their attorney's fees (see CPLR 1312[4]; Morgenthau v Vinarsky, 72 AD3d 499 [2010]).

In view of the foregoing, we need not address defendants' remaining contentions.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: APRIL 19, 2011

CLERK