Opinion
No. 2023-04964
09-27-2023
In the Matter of Michael Buscarello, petitioner, v. Esther Mickey Morgenstern, etc., respondent.
Michael Buscarello, Brooklyn, NY, petitioner pro se. Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY (Miranda R. Onnen of counsel), for respondent.
Michael Buscarello, Brooklyn, NY, petitioner pro se.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY (Miranda R. Onnen of counsel), for respondent.
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P., JOSEPH J. MALTESE, HELEN VOUTSINAS, LILLIAN WAN, JJ.
DECISION, ORDER & JUDGMENT
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, in effect, inter alia, in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent, Esther Mickey Morgenstern, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County (IDV Part), to vacate all orders issued in an action entitled Buscarello v Buscarello, pending in that court under Index No. 53124/18. Motion by the respondent pursuant to CPLR 3211(a) to dismiss the petition, inter alia, for failure to state a cause of action.
Upon the petition, and the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a) to dismiss the petition is granted; and it is further, ADJUDGED that 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 N.Y.2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to state a cause of action for relief in the nature of mandamus.
CONNOLLY, J.P., MALTESE, VOUTSINAS and WAN, JJ., concur.