Mantel v. New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

277 A.D.2d 96, 715 N.Y.S.2d 316, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11985
CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
DecidedNovember 16, 2000
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases

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Mantel v. New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, 277 A.D.2d 96, 715 N.Y.S.2d 316, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11985 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2000).

Opinion

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Lehner, J.), entered on or about September 30, 1999, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to compel respondent Commission to investigate petitioner attorney’s complaint of judicial misconduct, granted respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner lacks standing to assert that, under Judiciary Law § 44 (1), respondent is required to investigate all facially meritorious complaints of judicial misconduct. Respondent’s determination whether or not a complaint on its face lacks merit involves an exercise of discretion that is not amenable to mandamus (cf., Matter of Dyno v Rose, 260 AD2d 694, 698, appeal dismissed 93 NY2d 998, lv denied 94 NY2d 753). Concur— Williams, J. P., Mazzarelli, Lerner, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.

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277 A.D.2d 96, 715 N.Y.S.2d 316, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11985, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/mantel-v-new-york-state-commission-on-judicial-conduct-nyappdiv-2000.