Case Name: In the Matter of Victor S. Sosa, Petitioner, v. J. Kevin Mulroy, as Judge of the Onondaga County Court, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-04-24
Citations: 182 A.D.2d 1139
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Victor S. Sosa, Petitioner, v J. Kevin Mulroy, as Judge of the Onondaga County Court, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 182
Pages: 1139–1139

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Victor S. Sosa, Petitioner, v J. Kevin Mulroy, as Judge of the Onondaga County Court, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Petition unanimously dismissed without costs. Memorandum: Prohibition does not lie, where, as here, "there is available an adequate remedy by way of appeal or otherwise" (Matter of Molea v Marasco, 64 NY2d 718, 720; see also, Matter of Dondi v Jones, 40 NY2d 8, 14, rearg denied 39 NY2d 1058; Matter of State of New York v King, 36 NY2d 59, 62; Matter of Price v Rath, 177 AD2d 1057). The extraordinary remedy of prohibition lies only where petitioner has established a clear or legal right to relief and where the action taken or threatened is clearly without jurisdiction or in excess of jurisdiction (Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348, 352). (Original Proceeding Pursuant to Article 78.) Present — Den-man, P. J., Green, Balio, Boehm and Fallon, JJ.