Case Name: In the Matter of Antonio Cole, Petitioner, v. Nicholas DeRosa, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-01-22
Citations: 113 A.D.3d 765
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Antonio Cole, Petitioner, v Nicholas DeRosa, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 113
Pages: 765–766

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Antonio Cole, Petitioner, v Nicholas DeRosa, Respondent.
[978 NYS2d 872]

Opinion:
The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act, and only where 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., Dillon, Dickerson and Austin, JJ., concur.