Court Opinion

ID: 6032068
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 12:57:15.997698+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:51:18.429903
License: Public Domain

—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, inter alia, to prohibit the respondent William L. Underwood, Jr., a Justice of the Supreme Court, from directing the arrest of the petitioner in the absence of a properly noticed hearing pursuant to Judiciary Law § 750.
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
“Because of its extraordinary nature, prohibition is available only where there is a clear legal right, and then only when a court — in cases where judicial authority is challenged — acts or threatens to act either without jurisdiction or in excess of its authorized powers” (Matter of Holtzman v Goldman, 71 NY2d 564, 569; see, Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348, 352). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Miller, J. P., Thompson, Joy and Luciano, JJ., concur.