| Matter of AES v Diamond |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 02666 [171 AD3d 505] |
| April 9, 2019 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of AES et al., Petitioners, v Arthur M. Diamond et al., Respondents. |
Jeffrey L. Solomon, PLLC, Jericho (Jeffrey L. Solomon of counsel), for petitioners.
Letitia James, Attorney General, New York (Monica Schwartz Hanna of counsel), for Hon. Arthur M. Diamond and others, respondents.
Wand & Goody, LLP, Huntington (Jennifer H. Goody of counsel), for Mark B. Lew, respondent.
Beth Ross, respondent pro se.
G. S., respondent pro se.
The above-named petitioners having presented a petition in the Second Department, transferred to this Court by order dated November 14, 2018, praying for an order, pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules, now, upon reading and filing the papers in said proceeding, and due deliberation having been had thereon, it is unanimously ordered that the petition hereby is denied and the motions to dismiss the petition (M-361; M-351) are granted to the extent of dismissing the petition. Since petitioners failed to meet their burden of demonstrating a "clear legal right" to the relief sought, neither mandamus nor prohibition is available (see Matter of Holtzman v Goldman, 71 NY2d 564 [1988]; Matter of Rush v Mordue, 68 NY2d 348 [1986]). Concur—Renwick, J.P., Richter, Tom, Kahn, Moulton, JJ.
Motions for disqualification of counsel and related relief denied. Motion to stay proceedings denied.