Opinion
June 21, 1999
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondents to provide the petitioner with a copy of certain transcripts, and application for poor person relief, and cross motion by the respondents to dismiss the proceeding.
David Williams, Fishkill, N.Y., petitioner pro se.
Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney-General, New York, N Y (Constantine A. Speres of counsel) for respondents.
LAWRENCE J. BRACKEN, J.P., CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, WILLIAM C. THOMPSON, THOMAS R. SULLIVAN, JJ.
DECISION, ORDER JUDGMENT
ORDERED that the application for poor person relief is granted; and it is further,
ORDERED that the cross motion is granted; 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 Society of Sullivan County v. Scheinman, 53 N.Y.2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.