Case Name: In the Matter of Rosemary Chinye Okolie Toriola, Petitioner, v. Timothy J. Flaherty, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-08-30
Citations: 87 A.D.3d 747
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Rosemary Chinye Okolie Toriola, Petitioner, v Timothy J. Flaherty, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 87
Pages: 747–748

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Rosemary Chinye Okolie Toriola, Petitioner, v Timothy J. Flaherty, Respondent.
[929 NYS2d 195]

Opinion:
Adjudged that the petition is otherwise denied and the proceeding is otherwise 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. Rivera, J.E, Florio, Dickerson and Roman, JJ., concur.