Case Name: In the Matter of Daniel Marcel, Petitioner, v. William Garnett et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-07-05
Citations: 86 A.D.3d 542
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Daniel Marcel, Petitioner, v William Garnett et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 86
Pages: 542–542

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Daniel Marcel, Petitioner, v William Garnett et al., Respondents.
[926 NYS2d 322]

Opinion:
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 failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Rivera, J.E, Eng, Roman and Miller, JJ., concur.