Case Name: In the Matter of John DeRaffele, Petitioner, v. Angelo Ingrassia, 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: 1995-05-30
Citations: 215 A.D.2d 758
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of John DeRaffele, Petitioner, v Angelo Ingrassia, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 215
Pages: 758–758

Head Matter:
In the Matter of John DeRaffele, Petitioner, v Angelo Ingrassia, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
[627 NYS2d 961]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel Judge Ingrassia to set a final and firm date for a trial of all issues in a matrimonial action under Index No. 17059/ 92.
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. v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16). The petitioner here has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Sullivan, J. P., Rosenblatt, O'Brien and Thompson, JJ., concur.