In view of the absolute lack of merit to defendants’ contentions that the confessions of judgment were not obtained fraudulently, the court properly declined to vacate the default that had been granted for failure to serve the answer in a timely fashion. The extraordinary directive that Emile Gouiran be personally present to seek permission to file papers in this action or to prosecute a new action in the courts of New York is justified in view of his blatant, decades-long flouting of court orders, his flight from justice, and his perversion of the legal system ( see e.g. Matter of Gouiran v Gouiran, 271 AD2d 266, 267).

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