Case Name: In the Matter of Isadore Adams, Petitioner, v. Queens Supreme Court et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-10-15
Citations: 232 A.D.2d 479
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Isadore Adams, Petitioner, v Queens Supreme Court et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 232
Pages: 479–479

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Isadore Adams, Petitioner, v Queens Supreme Court et al., Respondents.
[648 NYS2d 346]

Opinion:
—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondents to halt all proceedings in the matter pending in the Supreme Court, Queens County, under Indictment No. 4457/95 entitled People v Isador Adams.
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. Bracken, J. P., Thompson, Goldstein and Mc-Ginity, JJ., concur.