Opinion
No. 2010-07890.
July 5, 2011.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondent, Jerald Carter, an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, from enforcing a judgment rendered against the petitioner on October 26, 2009, in an action entitled People v Jackson, under Nassau County indictment No. 2826/05, and application by the petitioner for poor person relief.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Roberta L. Martin of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Rivera, J.P., Skelos, Sgroi and Miller, JJ.
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 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 of Holtzman v Goldman, 71 NY2d 564, 569; see Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348, 352). The petitioner failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.