Case Name: In the Matter of Stuart Meltzer, Petitioner, v. Robert Ross, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-03-25
Citations: 49 A.D.3d 881
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Stuart Meltzer, Petitioner, v Robert Ross, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 881–881

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Stuart Meltzer, Petitioner, v Robert Ross, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, et al., Respondents.
[853 NYS2d 901]

Opinion:
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. of Sullivan County v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16 [1981]). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought (see People v Rodriguez, 95 NY2d 497, 501-502 [2000]). Rivera, J.P., Skelos, Santucci and Leventhal, JJ., concur.