Case Name: In the Matter of Stephen Mitchell, Petitioner, v. Clerk of Supreme Court of Kings County et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-09-10
Citations: 120 A.D.3d 1234
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Stephen Mitchell, Petitioner, v Clerk of Supreme Court of Kings County et al., Respondents.
Judges: Dillon, J.E, Dickerson, Cohen and Duffy, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 1234–1234

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Stephen Mitchell, Petitioner, v Clerk of Supreme Court of Kings County et al., Respondents.
[991 NYS2d 899]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition to prohibit any justice other than Yvonne Lewis, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, from determining the petitioner's motion pursuant to CPL 460.50 to stay the enforcement of a criminal judgment and, in effect, in the nature of mandamus to compel Yvonne Lewis to decide that motion, and application by the petitioner for poor person relief.
Ordered that the application for poor person relief is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022 (b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied as academic; and it is further,
Adjudged that the petition is denied as academic, and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The instant proceeding has been rendered academic in light of the order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered July 15, 2014, which determined the petitioner's motion pursuant to CPL 460.50.
Dillon, J.E, Dickerson, Cohen and Duffy, JJ., concur.