Opinion
2020–01686
06-03-2020
In the Matter of Adam MORALES, Petitioner, v. Madeline SINGAS, etc., et al., Respondents.
Adam Morales, West Hempstead, NY, petitioner pro se. Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Hempstead, N.Y. (Michelle Burke of counsel), respondent pro se. Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent Douglas J. Lerose.
Adam Morales, West Hempstead, NY, petitioner pro se.
Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Hempstead, N.Y. (Michelle Burke of counsel), respondent pro se.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent Douglas J. Lerose.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, HECTOR D. LASALLE, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.
DECISION & JUDGMENT Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of prohibition and mandamus to prohibit the respondents from proceeding with an underlying criminal prosecution entitled People v. Morales, pending in the District Court, Nassau County, under Indictment No. CR–021434–18NA, and to compel the respondents to dismiss the criminal charges in that action. ADJUDGED that the petition and the proceeding are dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
This Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to entertain this proceeding (see CPLR 7804[b] ; 506[b]; Matter of Nolan v. Lungen, 61 N.Y.2d 788, 789–790, 473 N.Y.S.2d 388, 461 N.E.2d 874 ; Matter of Wheeler v. Kahn, 153 A.D.3d 926, 927, 60 N.Y.S.3d 440 ; Matter of Canestro v. Pineda–Kirwan, 132 A.D.3d 863, 863, 17 N.Y.S.3d 899 ).
RIVERA, J.P., AUSTIN, LASALLE and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.