| Matter of Cilibrasi v Chun |
| 2017 NY Slip Op 04439 |
| Decided on June 7, 2017 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. |
Decided on June 7, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.
SANDRA L. SGROI
JEFFREY A. COHEN
COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.
2017-02167
v
Danny Chun, etc., et al., respondents.
Joseph Cilibrasi, East Elmhurst, NY, petitioner pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, NY (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent Danny Chun.
Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Jodi L. Mandel of counsel), respondent pro se.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondents from proceeding with an underlying criminal prosecution entitled People v Cilibrasi , pending in the Supreme Court, Kings County, under Indictment No. 5860/15, and application by the petitioner for poor person relief.
ORDERED that the application for poor person relief is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022(b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied; and it is further,
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 failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.
BALKIN, J.P., SGROI, COHEN and DUFFY, JJ., concur.
ENTER:Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court