Midgley v. Goldberg
Opinion of the Court
— Proceeding pursuant to CFLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to fully expunge all records pertaining to the petitioner’s DNA sample pursuant to Executive Law § 995-c (9) (b) (ii). Motion by the
Ordered that the motion to dismiss the proceeding is granted; and it is further,
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements; and it is further,
Ordered that the motion for a stay is denied as academic.
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 NY2d 12, 16 [1981]). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Altman, J.P., Krausman, Goldstein and Mastro, JJ., concur.
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