Case Name: In the Matter of Derrick Hamilton, Petitioner, v. Edward M. Rappaport et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1995-01-23
Citations: 211 A.D.2d 719
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Derrick Hamilton, Petitioner, v Edward M. Rappaport et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 211
Pages: 719–719

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Derrick Hamilton, Petitioner, v Edward M. Rappaport et al., Respondents.
[621 NYS2d 899]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondents to provide the petitioner with certain documents and hearing transcripts.
Motion by the respondent Edward M. Rappaport to dismiss the proceeding.
Upon the petition and papers filed in support of the proceeding, and the papers filed in opposition thereto and in support of and in opposition to the motion, it is
Ordered that the motion 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 here has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Rosenblatt, J. P., Lawrence, Joy and Krausman, JJ., concur.