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Judge Goldblatt imposed a $100 contempt sanction jointly and severally against defendant Anthony Dawson and his counsel, William L. Coggshall, after finding they failed to comply with a prior order to meet and confer in good faith over post-judgment discovery. The sanctions order reinforces that Dawson must comply with discovery obligations unless he obtains a stay or reversal, preserving the Cyber Litigation Trust’s ability to pursue recovery discovery while appellate activity continues.
The sanction followed a June 1 hearing on Drivetrain LLC’s motion to compel, where the trust pressed for interrogatory responses and document production and flagged concern over roughly $1.4 million that may have moved to subsequent transferees. The court declined to resolve individual objections immediately, ordered the parties to meet and confer before the next status conference, and found Dawson in contempt for noncompliance with the earlier meet-and-confer directive, as reflected in the June 1 hearing record.
The court escalated Drivetrain LLC’s post-judgment discovery fight against defendant Anthony Dawson, issuing an order that puts Dawson and his counsel on notice they could face contempt sanctions if they refuse to comply with discovery-related court directives. The dispute concerns discovery sought by Drivetrain, as trustee of the Cyber Litigation Trust, in aid of enforcing a partial final judgment entered on February 20, 2026; the court said it anticipates a per diem contempt sanction for each business day beginning May 26, 2026 if it finds Dawson failed to engage in good-faith meet-and-confer efforts, according to the contempt-notice order.
The issue remains live: Drivetrain told the court that opposing counsel refused during a May 19 meet-and-confer to discuss interrogatories or document requests and refused to produce documents while pursuing appellate stay relief, then renewed its motion-to-compel relief and fee request in a discovery-dispute letter. A June 1 hearing on Drivetrain’s motion to compel is going forward under the hearing agenda, making the contempt risk an immediate enforcement pressure point for litigation-trust recovery tracking.
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