People ex rel. Kousouros v Warden of Rikers Is.
2026 NY Slip Op 02768 [249 AD3d 647]
May 1, 2026
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, July 8, 2026
The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Kousouros, on Behalf of Ying Lin, Petitioner,
v
Warden of Rikers Island, Respondent.
(May 1, 2026)
HEADNOTES
Habeas Corpus — When Remedy Appropriate
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
James Kousouros, New York, NY, petitioner pro se.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott, Ariel Gootkin, and Matthew Regan of counsel) for respondent.
Writ of habeas corpus in the nature of an application to release Ying Lin upon his own recognizance or, in the alternative, to set reasonable bail upon Queens County indictment Nos. 70897/2025 and 2326/2024.
Adjudged that the writ is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
The determination of the Supreme Court, Queens County, did not violate "constitutional or statutory standards" (People ex rel. Klein v Krueger, 25 NY2d 497, 499 [1969]; see People ex rel. Rosenthal v Wolfson, 48 NY2d 230 [1979]). Duffy, J.P., Genovesi, Dowling and McCormack, JJ., concur.