Case Name: In the Matter of Dwight Charles, Petitioner, v. Nicholas De Rosa, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-06-05
Citations: 107 A.D.3d 708
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Dwight Charles, Petitioner, v Nicholas De Rosa, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 107
Pages: 708–708

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Dwight Charles, Petitioner, v Nicholas De Rosa, Respondents.
[965 NYS2d 893]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondent Nicholas De Rosa, a Judge of the County Court, Orange County, from conducting further proceedings adverse to the petitioner in a criminal action entitled People v Charles, pending in the County Court, Orange County, under indictment No. 11-0501, and to prohibit the respondent Francis D. Phillips II from prosecuting the petitioner for criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree (16 counts) in that criminal action, 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. Skelos, J.P., Dickerson, Chambers and Roman, JJ., concur.