Case ID: ad3d_33/html/0714-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of DeAndre Williams, Petitioner, v Barbara G. Zambelli, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
    [821 NYS2d 913]
   Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondent Barbara G. Zambelli, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, from deciding certain motions pursuant to CPL article 440, and application for poor person relief. Motion by the respondent to dismiss the proceeding.

Ordered that the motion is denied; and it is further,

Ordered that the application for poor person relief is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022 (b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied; and it is further,

Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

“Because of its extraordinary nature, prohibition is available only where there is a clear legal right, and then only when a court—in cases where judicial authority is challenged—acts or threatens to act either without jurisdiction or in excess of its authorized powers” (Matter of Holtzman v Goldman, 71 NY2d 564, 569 [1988]; see Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348, 352 [1986]). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Adams, J.P., Skelos, Fisher and Covello, JJ., concur.