Opinion
No. 2022-06605
02-08-2023
In the Matter of Roger. Rowe, etc., petitioner, v. Robert F. Quinlan, etc., et al., respondents. Roger Rowe, suing herein as Roger.
Rowe, Amityville, NY, petitioner pro se. Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY (Steven A. Sutro of counsel), for respondent Robert F. Quinlan.
Rowe, Amityville, NY, petitioner pro se.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY (Steven A. Sutro of counsel), for respondent Robert F. Quinlan.
COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P. JOSEPH J. MALTESE DEBORAH A. DOWLING BARRY E. WARHIT, JJ.
DECISION & JUDGMENT
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent Thomas F. Whelan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, in effect, to vacate two orders, dated February 4, 2019, and September 21, 2021, issued in an action entitled Federal National Mortgage Association v Rowe, commenced in that court under Index No. 1729/10.
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act, and only where there exists a clear legal right to the relief sought (see Matter of Legal Aid Socy. 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.
The petitioner's remaining contentions are without merit.
DUFFY, J.P., MALTESE, DOWLING and WARHIT, JJ., concur.