Opinion
2002-11390
Argued May 30, 2003.
June 16, 2003.
In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent Preston S. Scher, a Judge of the City Court of New Rochelle, inter alia, to sign a judgment in the petitioner's favor, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Molea, J.), entered November 27, 2002, which, inter alia, denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
Vivian L. Hausch, White Plains, N.Y., for appellant.
Eliot Spitzer, Attorney-General, New York, N.Y. (Carol Fischer of counsel), for respondent Preston S. Scher.
Dillon Dillon, New Rochelle, N.Y. (Robert E. Dillon of counsel), for respondent New Rochelle Jeep Eagle, Inc.
Cooper McCann, LLP, Elmsford, N.Y. (Gary G. Cooper and Marie L. McCann of counsel), for respondent DaimlerChrysler Corporation.
Before: SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, J.P., ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, WILLIAM F. MASTRO, REINALDO E. RIVERA, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, with one bill of costs.
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 Soc. of Sullivan County v. Scheinman, 53 N.Y.2d 12, 16). The petitioner failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.
The petitioner's remaining contention is without merit.
We decline to impose sanctions upon the petitioner and his counsel as requested by New Rochelle Jeep Eagle, Inc., and DaimlerChrysler Corporation.
FEUERSTEIN, J.P., SCHMIDT, MASTRO and RIVERA, JJ., concur.