Moorer v. Sher

• Decision Date: 16 September 2020
• Docket Number: 2020–01870
• Citation: 129 N.Y.S.3d 24 (Mem),186 A.D.3d 1376
• Parties: In the Matter of Charles Deron MOORER, Petitioner, v. Denise L. SHER, etc., Respondent.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

186 A.D.3d 1376

129 N.Y.S.3d 24 (Mem)

In the Matter of Charles Deron MOORER, Petitioner,

v.Denise L. SHER, etc., Respondent.

2020–01870

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

September 16, 2020

Charles D. Moorer, named herein as Charles Deron Moorer, Hempstead, NY, petitioner pro se.

Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent.

ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, PAUL WOOTEN, JJ.

DECISION, ORDER & JUDGMENT

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondent, Denise L. Sher, an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, from proceeding in an action entitled Moorer v. County of Nassau, pending in the Supreme Court, Nassau County, under Index No. 1597/17, and application by the petitioner to waive the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022(b).

ORDERED that the application is granted; and it is further,

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.

SCHEINKMAN, P.J., AUSTIN, IANNACCI and WOOTEN, JJ., concur.