Cruz v. Tomei
Opinion of the Court
—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondent to vacate an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated March 19, 1996, in the matter entitled People v George Cruz (Kings County Indictment No. 10341/91), and to compel the respondent to grant the petitioner’s application for a copy of the presentence report.
Motion by the respondent to dismiss the proceeding.
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. v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Mangano, P. J., Rosenblatt, Sullivan and Hart, JJ., concur.
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