Smith v. Chetta
Smith v. Chetta
202 A.D.2d 677; 612 N.Y.S.2d 873; 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2906
Opinion of the Court
—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent Justice of the Supreme Court to enlarge the terms of a previously-granted certificate of relief from disabilities to include eligibility to apply for a pistol permit.
Mandamus does not lie to compel a discretionary act (see, Matter of Molea v Marasco, 64 NY2d 718). Lawrence, J. P., Joy, Friedmann and Krausman, JJ., concur.
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