| Matter of Pettus v People |
| 2011 NY Slip Op 01850 [82 AD3d 897] |
| March 8, 2011 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of James Pettus, Petitioner, v People of State of New York, Respondent. |
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Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus to compel the People of the State of New York to investigate the manner in which the District Attorney for the County of Kings presented allegations of the petitioner's criminal wrongdoing to a grand jury in an underlying criminal action entitled People v Pettus, commenced in that the Supreme Court, Kings County, under indictment No. 6013/02, purportedly without filing a criminal complaint, 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 proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
This Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to entertain this proceeding (see CPLR 7804 [b]; 506 [b]). Rivera, J.P., Balkin, Leventhal and Hall, JJ., concur.