Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 16, 2003 (Simmons v. Pantoja)

—In an action to recover on a promissory note, the defendant appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Donovan, J.), entered September 19, 2002, which denied his motion to vacate an order of the same court entered August 2, 2002, which sua sponte struck his answer for failure to appear at two conferences and to comply with court-ordered disclosure, and (2) a judgment of