Case Name: In the Matter of Brent Frazier, Petitioner, v. Norman George et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-05-08
Citations: 106 A.D.3d 820
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Brent Frazier, Petitioner, v Norman George et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 106
Pages: 820–821

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Brent Frazier, Petitioner, v Norman George et al., Respondents.
[964 NYS2d 426]

Opinion:
—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondents from enforcing a resentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County, imposed April 8, 1998, in a criminal action entitled People v Frazier, under Kings County indictment No. 10815/94, 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 on the merits, 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. Dillon, J.E, Chambers, Hall and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.