Varela v. Stein

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this Court pursuant to CPLR 506 [b] [1]) to prohibit respondent Justice of the Supreme Court from imposing certain conditions on petitioner’s pretrial bail.

In this proceeding, petitioner challenges a June 2006 order *1002for release on electronic monitoring issued by respondent Justice of the Supreme Court pending disposition of certain criminal charges against him. In the meantime, petitioner was found guilty of one such charge, namely, stalking in the fourth degree, and the subject bail order was revoked and a new one issued by another Justice…