Opinion
02-08-2017
In the Matter of NASSAU COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, petitioner, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, et al., respondents.
Constants Law Offices, LLC, Locust Valley, NY (Alfred C. Constants III of counsel), for petitioner. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, NY (Michelle R. Lambert of counsel), for respondent County of Nassau. Kristen A. Clodfelter, Garden City, NY, for respondent Christopher Moore.
Constants Law Offices, LLC, Locust Valley, NY (Alfred C. Constants III of counsel), for petitioner.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, NY (Michelle R. Lambert of counsel), for respondent County of Nassau.
Kristen A. Clodfelter, Garden City, NY, for respondent Christopher Moore.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in effect, in the nature of prohibition to prohibit a justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, from determining an order to show cause returnable November 4, 2016, in an action entitled Moore v Nassau County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, pending under Nassau County Index No. 7024/16.
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
"Because of its extraordinary nature, prohibition is available only where there is a clear legal right, and then only when a court—in cases where judicial authority is challenged—acts or threatens to act either without jurisdiction or in excess of its authorized powers" (Matter of Holtzman v. Goldman, 71 N.Y.2d 564, 569, 528 N.Y.S.2d 21, 523 N.E.2d 297 ; see Matter of Rush v. Mordue, 68 N.Y.2d 348, 352, 509 N.Y.S.2d 493, 502 N.E.2d 170 ).
The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.
ENG, P.J., BALKIN, LEVENTHAL and LaSALLE, JJ., concur.