ARKADY VAYGENSBERG, APPELLANT,
v.
ALEXANDER BARASH, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 2015-01-21
No. 3D14-1017
Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG and EMAS, JJ.
156 So. 3d 556 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2015) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

The appellate court treated an appeal of a discovery order as a petition for writ of certiorari. The court denied the petition because the appellant failed to provide necessary transcripts and did not adequately support his Fifth Amendment claim.


Holding

No, the trial court did not err. The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence to support his Fifth Amendment claim, and the appellate court denied his petition for review.


Headnotes

[1] A party seeking review of a trial court's order granting a motion to compel discovery must provide transcripts of the hearings below.

[2] A litigant's assertion of the Fifth Amendment privilege in a civil case must be supported by a showing sufficient for the trial court to determine that the litigant has r…

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“In light of petitioner’s failure to provide transcripts of the hearings held below,1 and the absence of an evidentiary basis to support petitioner’s unadorned assertion of a Fifth Amendment claim,2 we deny the petition.”

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Facts & Procedural History

The appellee sought to compel the appellant to answer deposition questions and produce tax returns related to a money judgment. The appellant invoked …

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We treat this appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari, seeking review of the trial court’s order granting a motion to compel discovery in aid of execution on a money judgment previously entered against Arkady Vaygensberg (“petitioner”) in favor of Alexander Barash (“respondent”). During his deposition, petitioner asserted his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions regarding his income and whether he filed federal income tax returns for the immediately-preceding six years. Petitioner also invoked his Fifth Amendment right in response to respondent’s request for the production of *557petitioner’s personal federal income tax returns for those same years. Respondent filed a motion to compel petitioner to answer the deposition questions and to produce the requested tax returns. The trial court conducted two hearings on the motion and thereafter entered an order granting the motion to compel.

In light of petitioner’s failure to provide transcripts of the hearings held below,1 and the absence of an evidentiary basis to support petitioner’s unadorned assertion of a Fifth Amendment claim,2 we deny the petition.


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