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Brown v. Goord

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 7, 2007
45 A.D.3d 590 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 2007-05921.

November 7, 2007.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the New York State Department of Correctional Services to make certain sentences imposed upon the petitioner run concurrently, and application by the petitioner for poor person relief.

David Brown, Pine City, N.Y., petitioner pro se.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Andrew Meier of counsel), for respondent Glenn S. Goord.

Before: Spolzino, J.P., Krausman, Fisher and Angiolillo, jj., concur.


Ordered that the application for poor person relief is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022 (b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied; and it is further,

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


Summaries of

Brown v. Goord

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Nov 7, 2007
45 A.D.3d 590 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

Brown v. Goord

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of DAVID BROWN, Petitioner, v. GLENN S. GOORD et al.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 7, 2007

Citations

45 A.D.3d 590 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 8455
844 N.Y.S.2d 716