Matter of Jackson v Hecht
2026 NY Slip Op 02114 [248 AD3d 915]
April 8, 2026
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, June 10, 2026
In the Matter of Nathaniel Jackson, Petitioner,
v
John T. Hecht et al., Respondents.
April 8, 2026
HEADNOTES
Proceeding against Body or Officer — Mandamus
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Nathaniel Jackson, East Elmhurst, NY, petitioner pro se.
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in effect, in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent John T. Hecht, an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, to dismiss the indictment in an action entitled People v Jackson, commenced in that court under indictment No. 73295/23, and application by the petitioner for a waiver of costs, fees, and expenses.
Ordered that the application for a waiver of costs, fees, and expenses is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022 (b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied as academic; and it is further,
Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.
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 (see Matter of Legal Aid Socy. of Sullivan County v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16 [1981]). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Duffy, J.P., Christopher, Landicino and Quirk, JJ., concur.