Case Name: In the Matter of Michael Grucci, Petitioner, v. Marion McNulty, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-01-30
Citations: 102 A.D.3d 964
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Michael Grucci, Petitioner, v Marion McNulty, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 964–964

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Michael Grucci, Petitioner, v Marion McNulty, Respondent.
[958 NYS2d 600]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent, Marion McNulty, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, to sign an order to show cause.
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
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. Angiolillo, J.P., Dickerson, Miller and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.