Case Name: In the Matter of Richard Moreno, Petitioner, v. Louis J. Marrero et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-03-13
Citations: 270 A.D.2d 351
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Richard Moreno, Petitioner, v Louis J. Marrero et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 270
Pages: 351–351

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Richard Moreno, Petitioner, v Louis J. Marrero et al., Respondents.
[705 NYS2d 237]

Opinion:
—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to dismiss Kings County Indictment No. 3003/99, and application for poor person relief.
Ordered that the application for poor person relief is granted; and it is further,
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. Altman, J. P., Friedmann, Krausman and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.