Case Name: In the Matter of Ronald M. Ackridge, Petitioner, v. Bruce Tolbert, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-10-03
Citations: 22 A.D.3d 487
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Ronald M. Ackridge, Petitioner, v Bruce Tolbert, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 487–487

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Ronald M. Ackridge, Petitioner, v Bruce Tolbert, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
[801 NYS2d 541]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondent, Bruce Tolbert, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, to determine the petitioner's motion to vacate an order of protection issued in People v Ackridge, in the Supreme Court, Westchester County, under indictment No. 02-6168.
Ordered that the application to prosecute the proceeding as a poor person is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022 (b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied as academic; and it is further,
Adjudged that the petition is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The petitioner has failed to join persons who are necessary parties to the proceeding (see CPLR 1001). H. Miller, J.P., Cozier, Crane and Rivera, JJ., concur.