MATTER OF BIG BLACK v. BALL


51 A.D.2d 684 (1976)

In the Matter of Big Black, Also Known as Frank Smith, Petitioner, v. Carman F. Ball, as Supervising Judge of The Attica Term of the Supreme Court of Erie County, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

January 16, 1976


Application unanimously denied and petition dismissed.

Memorandum:

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition claiming that respondent Justice of the Supreme Court has acted contrary to law in various respects as outlined in the petition. It is well settled that prohibition may be used "to restrain an inferior court from exceeding its authorized powers in a proceeding over which it has jurisdiction" (Matter of Hogan v Court of General Sessions of County of...

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