Case Name: In the Matter of John Calicchia, Petitioner, v. Paul E. Kowtna et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-06-26
Citations: 228 A.D.2d 710
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of John Calicchia, Petitioner, v Paul E. Kowtna et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 228
Pages: 710–710

Head Matter:
(June 26, 1996)
In the Matter of John Calicchia, Petitioner, v Paul E. Kowtna et al., Respondents.
[644 NYS2d 642]

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. v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Mangano, P. J., Balletta, Sullivan, Copertino and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.