Duffy v. Jaeger
| Decision Date | 09 November 2010 |
| Citation | 910 N.Y.S.2d 654,78 A.D.3d 830 |
| Parties | In the Matter of Kieran DUFFY, petitioner, v. Steven M. JAEGER, etc., et al., respondents. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Robin Mary Heaney, Rockville Centre, N.Y., for petitioner.
Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Teresa Aiello of counsel), respondent pro se.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondent Steven M. Jaeger, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, to permit the petitioner, a defendant in a criminal action entitled People v. Duffy, pending in the County Court, NassauCounty, under Docket No. 33058/09, to enter the judicial diversion program without entering a plea of guilty, pursuant to CPL 216.05(4)(b). Motion by the petitioner for leave to amend the petition to add Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Nassau County, as a respondent.
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act and only when 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, 439 N.Y.S.2d 882, 422 N.E.2d 542). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.
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