Case Name: In the Matter of Edwin Madden, Petitioner, v. Robert J. Miller et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-03-01
Citations: 82 A.D.3d 771
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Edwin Madden, Petitioner, v Robert J. Miller et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 82
Pages: 771–772

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Edwin Madden, Petitioner, v Robert J. Miller et al., Respondents.
[917 NYS2d 912]

Opinion:
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. Mastro, J.P, Skelos, Leventhal and Roman, JJ., concur.