Case Name: In the Matter of Eyal Cohen, Petitioner, v. Robert A. Ross, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-05-03
Citations: 84 A.D.3d 799
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Eyal Cohen, Petitioner, v Robert A. Ross, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 84
Pages: 799–799

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Eyal Cohen, Petitioner, v Robert A. Ross, Respondent.
[922 NYS2d 783]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondent, Robert A. Ross, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, from presiding over a hearing in an action entitled Cohen v Cohen, pending in the Supreme Court, Nassau County, under index No. 200455/07.
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 failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Covello, J.P., Chambers, Lott and Miller, JJ., concur.