Case Name: In the Matter of Owen Midgley, Petitioner, v. Joel M. Goldberg, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-12-22
Citations: 2 A.D.3d 735
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Owen Midgley, Petitioner, v Joel M. Goldberg, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 735–736

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Owen Midgley, Petitioner, v Joel M. Goldberg, Respondent.
[768 NYS2d 624]

Opinion:
— Proceeding pursuant to CFLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to fully expunge all records pertaining to the petitioner's DNA sample pursuant to Executive Law § 995-c (9) (b) (ii). Motion by the petitioner to stay all proceedings in an action entitled People v Midgley, pending in the Supreme Court, Kings County, under Indictment No. 1256/02 pending the hearing and determination of this proceeding and motion by the respondent to dismiss the proceeding.
Ordered that the motion to dismiss the proceeding is granted; and it is further,
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements; and it is further,
Ordered that the motion for a stay is denied as academic.
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. of Sullivan County v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16 [1981]). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Altman, J.P., Krausman, Goldstein and Mastro, JJ., concur.