Opinion
Motion No. 2024-02298 Case No. 2024-02369
05-23-2024
In the Matter of the Application of Donald J. Trump, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Juan M. Merchan, A.J.S.C., And the People pf the State of New York by Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., Manhattan District Attorney, Respondents. For a Judgment Pursuant to Article 78 Of the Civil Practice Law and Rules,
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: Hon. Anil C. Singh, Justice Presiding, Tanya R. Kennedy Julio Rodriguez III Bahaati E. Pitt-Burke Marsha D. Michael, Justices.
Petitioner having moved for an order (1) granting expedited resolution of his petition for a writ of prohibition, pursuant to CPLR 7803(2), prohibiting respondent The Honorable Juan M. Merchan, A.J.S.C. from maintaining and enforcing each of the three operative provisions contained in the restraining order imposed against petitioner by order entered in the Supreme Court, New York County, on or about March 26, 2024, and expanded by order of the same Court, entered on or about April 01, 2024, which, to the extent challenged by petitioner, (a) prohibited him from responding to purported "attacks" by two witnesses, Michael Cohen and Stephanie Clifford (a/k/a Stormy Daniels), (b) limited his ability to make public statements about senior prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, and (c) limited his ability to make public statements about Justice Merchan's daughter, and (2) granting leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals from any denial of the aforesaid petition, And a decision and order of this Court having been entered on May 14, 2024, (Appeal No. 2382), denying the petition and dismissing the proceeding,
Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the branch of the motion for expedited review is denied as moot, and the branch of the motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals is denied.