Pelczar v. Kelly (In re Pelczar)

Full title: In the Matter of James Frederic Pelczar, petitioner, v. Peter J. Kelly…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Date published: Aug 26, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 6671 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

2015-04132

08-26-2015

In the Matter of James Frederic Pelczar, petitioner, v. Peter J. Kelly, etc., respondent.

James Frederic Pelczar, Tokyo, Japan, petitioner pro se.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P.

THOMAS A. DICKERSON

SHERI S. ROMAN

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ.

James Frederic Pelczar, Tokyo, Japan, petitioner pro se.

DECISION & JUDGMENT

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent, Peter J. Kelly, the Surrogate of Queens County, to dismiss a proceeding entitled Estate of Pelczar, pending in the Surrogate's Court, Queens County, under File No. 2014-2284.

ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.

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). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.

LEVENTHAL, J.P., DICKERSON, ROMAN and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court