Opinion
2019–13337
07-15-2020
In the Matter of Owen NICHOLS, Petitioner, v. William MILLER, etc., et al., Respondents.
Owen Nichols, East Elmhurst, NY, petitioner pro se. Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent William Miller. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Ann Bordley, and Coby Ballard of counsel), respondent pro se.
Owen Nichols, East Elmhurst, NY, petitioner pro se.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent William Miller.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Ann Bordley, and Coby Ballard of counsel), respondent pro se.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., COLLEEN D. DUFFY, BETSY BARROS, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
DECISION, ORDER & JUDGMENT
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition and mandamus to prohibit the respondents from proceeding in a criminal action entitled People v. Nichols, pending in the Supreme Court, Kings County, under Indictment No. 7682/18, and to compel the respondents to dismiss the indictment in that action, and application by the petitioner for poor person relief.
ORDERED that the application 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 proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
Under the particular circumstances of this case, 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 ).
RIVERA, J.P., DUFFY, BARROS and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.