Case Name: In the Matter of Karla Vollbehr, Petitioner, v. William J. Kent III, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-10-04
Citations: 88 A.D.3d 732
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Karla Vollbehr, Petitioner, v William J. Kent III, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 88
Pages: 732–733

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Karla Vollbehr, Petitioner, v William J. Kent III, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, et al., Respondents.
[930 NYS2d 469]

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. Rivera, J.P, Balkin, Hall and Cohen, JJ., concur.