Matter of Bramble v. Hudson

Opinion

Matter of Bramble v Hudson

2026 NY Slip Op 04299

July 8, 2026

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

In the Matter of Reuben Bramble, petitioner,

v

Sharen D. Hudson, respondent.

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

Decided on July 8, 2026

2025-09651

Cheryl E. Chambers, J.P.

William G. Ford

Susan Quirk

Lisa S. Ottley, JJ.

Letitia James, Attorney General, New York, NY (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent Sharen D. Hudson.

Reuben Bramble, Jamaica, NY, petitioner pro se.

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DECISION & JUDGMENT

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, in effect, in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent, Sharen D. Hudson, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County, to unseal certain records in an action entitled People v Lubin, commenced in the Supreme Court, Kings County, under Indictment No. 303/94.

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). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.

CHAMBERS, J.P., FORD, QUIRK and OTTLEY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court