
    In the Matter of Michael Brownlee, Petitioner, v Abraham G. Gerges, Respondent.
    [632 NYS2d 466]
   —Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus, inter alia, to compel the respondent to entertain and to grant the petitioner’s motion pursuant to CPL 330.30 to set aside a jury verdict rendered May 22, 1995.

Motion by the respondent to dismiss the proceeding.

Upon the petition and papers filed in support of the proceeding and the papers filed in opposition thereto and in support of the motion, it is

Ordered that the motion is granted; and it is further,

Adjudged that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act and only when there exists a clear legal right to the relief sought (see, Matter of Legal Aid Socy. v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16). The petitioner in this case has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Sullivan, J. P., Rosenblatt, Thompson and Ritter, JJ., concur.  