Cooligan v. Celli

Application unanimously denied and petition dismissed, without costs. Memorandum: In this original CPLR article 78 proceeding, petitioner, a profoundly hearing-impaired woman, seeks to review respondents’ actions excluding her from serving on a Monroe County Grand Jury by reason of her hearing impediment. The District Attorney objected to petitioner serving as a grand juror based upon CPL 190.25 (3) because she required the presence of a sign-language interpreter during grand jury proceedings. CPL 190.25 (3) provides that: "During the deliberations and voting of a grand jury, only the grand…