Opinion
2006-01844.
May 23, 2006.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition, inter alia, in effect, to prohibit the respondent, a Judge of the County Court, Nassau County, from proceeding with a criminal action entitled People v. Jackson, pending under Nassau County Indictment No. 2826/05, and application for poor person relief.
Erwin Jackson, East Meadow, N.Y., petitioner pro se.
Eliot Spitzer, Attorney-General, New York, N.Y. (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Crane, J.P., Goldstein, Luciano and Dillon, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the branch of the application which is 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 as academic; and it is further,
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
Under the circumstances, the petitioner is not entitled to a writ of prohibition ( see Matter of Carey v. Kitson, 93 AD2d 50).