Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York April 17, 2000 (Oparaji v. Weston)

—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for defamation, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Posner, J.), dated March 15, 1999, which denied his motion to vacate a judgment of the same court dated October 22, 1998, entered upon his default in answering the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.