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In the Matter of Fuentes v. Sullivan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 6, 2005
19 A.D.3d 419 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

Opinion

2005-02356.

June 6, 2005.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, in effect, to direct the respondent James P. Sullivan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, to vacate an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated February 14, 2005, which denied the petitioner's motion to dismiss Kings County indictment No. 2465/04 on speedy trial grounds, and application by the petitioner for poor person relief.

Jose Alex Fuentes, East Elmhurst, N.Y., petitioner pro se.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Miss Gregory of counsel), respondent pro se.

Before: Cozier, J.P., Luciano, Crane and Skelos, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the application for poor person relief is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022 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

In the Matter of Fuentes v. Sullivan

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 6, 2005
19 A.D.3d 419 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
Case details for

In the Matter of Fuentes v. Sullivan

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JOSE ALEX FUENTES, Petitioner, v. JAMES P. SULLIVAN, as…

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

Date published: Jun 6, 2005

Citations

19 A.D.3d 419 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
795 N.Y.S.2d 905