Matter of Lewis v. Marx

Matter of Lewis v Marx (2024 NY Slip Op 03753)

Matter of Lewis v Marx

2024 NY Slip Op 03753

Decided on July 10, 2024

Appellate Division, Second Department

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Decided on July 10, 2024 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
ANGELA G. IANNACCI, J.P.
LARA J. GENOVESI
LILLIAN WAN
CARL J. LANDICINO, JJ.
2024-02151

Jake Lewis, Mount Vernon, NY, petitioner pro se.

Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY (James B. Cooney of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & JUDGMENT

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in effect, in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondent, Paul I. Marx, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, from acting in excess of his authority in an action entitled Lewis v Friedman , pending in the Supreme Court, Westchester County, under Index No. 50294/23, and from enforcing an order dated November 21, 2023, issued in that action.

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 NY2d 564, 569; see Matter of Rush v Mordue , 68 NY2d 348, 352). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought

The parties' remaining contentions either are without merit or need not be reached in light of our determination.

IANNACCI, J.P., GENOVESI, WAN and LANDICINO, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court