Case Name: In the Matter of Nicole Lawtone-Bowles, Petitioner, v. Carole S. Klein, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-04-12
Citations: 83 A.D.3d 843
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Nicole Lawtone-Bowles, Petitioner, v Carole S. Klein, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 83
Pages: 843–844

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Nicole Lawtone-Bowles, Petitioner, v Carole S. Klein, Respondent.
[920 NYS2d 687]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CFLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondent, Carol S. Klein, a Judge of the Family Court, Orange County, to reinstate the petitioner's pistol permit, 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 CFLR 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.
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. Skelos, J.P., Dickerson, Austin and Cohen, JJ., concur.