(Internal quotation marks omitted.) Mabwa v. Mendoza, 2014 IL App (1st) 142771, ¶ 39, 19 N.E.3d 1252.
”); Hadley v. Ryan, 345 Ill.App.3d 297, 301–02, 280 Ill.Dec. 818, 803 N.E.2d 48 (2003) (mandamus could not be used to compel attorney general to prosecute a claim where statute provides decision to prosecute was discretionary). “ ‘Mandamus cannot be used to direct a public official or body to reach a particular decision or to exercise its discretion in a particular manner, even if the judgment or discretion has been erroneously exercised.’ ” Mabwa v. Mendoza, 2014 IL App (1st) 142771, ¶ 36, 386 Ill.Dec. 99, 19 N.E.3d 1252 (quoting Crump v. Illinois Prisoner Review Board, 181 Ill.App.3d 58, 60, 129 Ill.Dec. 825, 536 N.E.2d 875 (1989) ). ¶ 23 Plaintiffs contend they are qualified retired law enforcement officers with a right to a concealed carry permit under LEOSA and, accordingly, the Director had a duty to certify their status as qualified retired law enforcement officers and was authorized to do so.
Instead, mandamus relief is "proper only when the acts compelled are 'purely ministerial' and 'require no exercise of judgment.' " Mabwa v. Mendoza, 2014 IL App (1st) 142771, ¶ 36 (quoting Baldacchino v. Thompson, 289 Ill. App. 3d 104, 109 (1997)). ¶ 15 As this court has previously noted, the relevant standard of review in mandamus cases is "unclear." Pate, 2019 IL App (1st) 190449, ¶ 27.
]” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Mabwa v. Mendoza, 2014 IL App (1st) 142771, ¶ 36, 386 Ill.Dec. 99, 19 N.E.3d 1252. ¶ 44 The decision to renew a charter school's charter requires the Commission to exercise its discretion.
]" (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Mabwa v. Mendoza, 2014 IL App (1st) 142771, ¶ 36. ¶ 45 The decision to renew a charter school's charter requires the Commission to exercise its discretion.