Matter of Leo v. Fox-McDonough

<div>Matter of Leo v Fox-McDonough - 2026 NY Slip Op 02268

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<nav> <ol> <li>Home</li> <li>All Court Decisions</li> <li>Decisions</li> </ol> </nav> <div> <div> <h1>Matter of Leo v Fox-McDonough</h1> <p>2026 NY Slip Op 02268</p> <p>April 15, 2026</p> <p>Appellate Division, Second Department</p> <p>Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.</p> <p>This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.</p> </div> <div> <p>In the Matter of Nicholas Leo, Jr., petitioner,</p> <p>v</p> <p>Elizabeth Fox-McDonough, etc., respondent. Nicholas Leo, Jr., Yonkers, NY, petitioner pro se.</p> </div> <p>Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department</p> <p>Decided on April 15, 2026</p> <p>2026-00780</p> <p>Mark C. Dillon, J.P.</p> <p>Paul Wooten</p> <p>Lourdes M. Ventura</p> <p>Lisa S. Ottley, JJ.</p> <div> <p>Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY (Matthew W. Henry of counsel), for respondent.</p> </div> <span>[*1]</span> <p>DECISION &amp; JUDGMENT</p> <p>Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in effect, in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent, Elizabeth Fox-McDonough, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, to decide certain motions in an action entitled <i>Buonocore v Leo</i>, pending in the Supreme Court, Westchester County, under Index No. 69368/24.</p> <p>ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.</p> <p>The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act, and only where there exists a clear legal right to the relief sought (<i>see Matter of Legal Aid Socy. of Sullivan County v Scheinman</i>, 53 NY2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.</p> <p>DILLON, J.P., WOOTEN, VENTURA and OTTLEY, JJ., concur.</p> <p>ENTER:</p> <p>Darrell M. Joseph</p> <p>Clerk of the Court</p> </div>

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