Opinion
2017–07976
12-06-2017
In the Matter of Christopher COCCHIARALEY, petitioner, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, et al., respondents.
Christopher Cocchiaraley, Hartsdale, NY, petitioner pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Michael A. Berg of counsel), for respondent Anne E. Minihan.
Christopher Cocchiaraley, Hartsdale, NY, petitioner pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Michael A. Berg of counsel), for respondent Anne E. Minihan.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JOSEPH J. MALTESE, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.
DECISION & JUDGMENTProceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, inter alia, to prohibit the respondent Anne E. Minihan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, from enforcing an order dated May 18, 2017, in a proceeding entitled Matter of Cocchiaraley v. New York State Department of Health, pending in the Supreme Court, Westchester County, under Index No. 51119/17.
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, 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 ofHoltzman v. Goldman, 71 N.Y.2d 564, 569, 528 N.Y.S.2d 21, 523 N.E.2d 297 ; see Matter of Rush v. Mordue, 68 N.Y.2d 348, 352, 509 N.Y.S.2d 493, 502 N.E.2d 170 ).
The petitioner has failed to establish a clear legal right to the relief sought.
RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, MALTESE and DUFFY, JJ., concur.