Case Name: In the Matter of James Pettus, Petitioner, v. Guy J. Mangano, Jr., et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-10-26
Citations: 77 A.D.3d 958
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of James Pettus, Petitioner, v Guy J. Mangano, Jr., et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 958–958

Head Matter:
In the Matter of James Pettus, Petitioner, v Guy J. Mangano, Jr., et al., Respondents.
[909 NYS2d 392]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondents to allow the petitioner to inspect, among other things, the grand jury minutes in a case entitled People v Pettus, pending in the Supreme Court, Kings County, under indictment No. 6013/02, and application by the petitioner for poor person relief.
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.
The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act and only when there exists a clear legal right to the relief sought (see Matter of Legal Aid Socy. of Sullivan County v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16 [1981]). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Rivera, J.P., Covello, Santucci and Sgroi, JJ., concur.