Opinion
No. 2009-05774.
September 22, 2009.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition to prohibit the respondents from proceeding with a criminal action entitled People v Bristol, pending in the County Court, Nassau County, under indictment No. 2346/08.
Marcel Bristol, East Meadow, N.Y., petitioner pro se.
Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent David P. Sullivan.
Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Barbara Kornblau of counsel), respondent pro se.
Before: Skelos, J.P., Leventhal, Hall and Austin, JJ., concur.
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; Matter of Barton v Griffin, 59 AD3d 615).