Opinion
2015-07-01
In the Matter of Daniel TEIXEIRA, petitioner, v. Thomas J. SPOTA, etc., et al., respondents.
Christopher J. Cassar, Huntington, N.Y., for petitioner. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Grazia DiVencenzo of counsel), respondent pro se.
Christopher J. Cassar, Huntington, N.Y., for petitioner. Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Grazia DiVencenzo of counsel), respondent pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Michelle R. Lambert of counsel), for respondent William J. Condon.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, in effect, to prohibit the respondents from enforcing an order issued by the respondent William J. Condon, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated October 23, 2014, denying the application of the petitioner, a defendant in a criminal action entitled People v. Teixeira, pending in the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, under Indictment No. 724/14, to participate in a judicial diversion program ( see CPL art. 216).
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The petitioner seeks, in effect, to prohibit enforcement of an order dated October 23, 2014. This proceeding was not commenced until March 31, 2015. Accordingly, it must be dismissed as time-barred ( see CPLR 217; Matter of Holtzman v. Marrus, 74 N.Y.2d 865, 547 N.Y.S.2d 829, 547 N.E.2d 84; Matter of Levy v. Reitz, 118 A.D.3d 702, 986 N.Y.S.2d 851).