Case Name: In the Matter of Daniel Silvera, Petitioner, v. Norman Janowitz et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-01-15
Citations: 113 A.D.3d 691
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Daniel Silvera, Petitioner, v Norman Janowitz et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 113
Pages: 691–691

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Daniel Silvera, Petitioner, v Norman Janowitz et al., Respondents.
[978 NYS2d 698]

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 has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Mastro, J.P., Lott, Sgroi and Miller, JJ., concur.