Case Name: In the Matter of De Andre Williams, Petitioner, v. Barbara Zambelli et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2012-07-11
Citations: 97 A.D.3d 688
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of De Andre Williams, Petitioner, v Barbara Zambelli et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 688–688

Head Matter:
In the Matter of De Andre Williams, Petitioner, v Barbara Zambelli et al., Respondents.
[947 NYS2d 889]

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.P., Florio, Chambers and Cohen, JJ., concur.