Case Name: In the Matter of Janet Miller et al., Petitioners, v. Joseph A. De Maro, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-11-03
Citations: 1 A.D.2d 363
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Janet Miller et al., Petitioners, v Joseph A. De Maro, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 363–364

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Janet Miller et al., Petitioners, v Joseph A. De Maro, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
[766 NYS2d 584]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondent to reinstate the complaint in an action entitled Miller v Radder, in the Supreme Court, Nassau County, under Index No. 8837/02.
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. of Sullivan County v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16 [1981]). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Santucci, J.E, Friedmann, McGinity and Schmidt, JJ., concur.