Case Name: In the Matter of Christopher Cocchiaraley, Petitioner, v. New York State Department of Health et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-12-06
Citations: 156 A.D.3d 632
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Christopher Cocchiaraley, Petitioner, v New York State Department of Health et al., Respondents.
Judges: Rivera, J.P., Leventhal, Maltese and Duffy, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 156
Pages: 632–633

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Christopher Cocchiaraley, Petitioner, v New York State Department of Health et al., Respondents.
[64 NYS3d 605]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, inter alia, to prohibit the respondent Anne E. Minihan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, from enforcing an order dated May 18, 2017, in a proceeding entitled Matter of Cocchiaraley v New York State Dept. of Health, pending in the Supreme Court, Westchester County, under index No. 51119/17.
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
"Because of its extraordinary nature, prohibition is available only where there is a clear legal right, and then only when a court—in cases where judicial authority is challenged—acts or threatens to act either without jurisdiction or in excess of its authorized powers" (Matter of Holtzman v Goldman, 71 NY2d 564, 569 [1988]; see Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348, 352 [1986]).
The petitioner has failed to establish a clear legal right to the relief sought.
Rivera, J.P., Leventhal, Maltese and Duffy, JJ., concur.