Case Name: In the Matter of Barry Johnson, Also Known as Brian Walker, Petitioner, v. Supreme Court, Kings County, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-02-05
Citations: 224 A.D.2d 423
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Barry Johnson, Also Known as Brian Walker, Petitioner, v Supreme Court, Kings County, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 224
Pages: 423–423

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Barry Johnson, Also Known as Brian Walker, Petitioner, v Supreme Court, Kings County, Respondent.
[638 NYS2d 315]

Opinion:
—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the Supreme Court, Kings County to provide the petitioner with certain transcripts pertaining to a criminal action entitled "The People of the State of New York v Barry Johnson, a/k/a Brian Walker" under Kings County Indictment No. 12605/92.
Upon the petition and papers filed in support of the proceeding and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
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. Pizzuto, J. P., Krausman, Goldstein and Florio, JJ., concur.