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In re Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 19, 2009
67 A.D.3d 1217 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 505634.

November 19, 2009.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Stacy L. Graczyk, Prisoner's Legal Services of New York, Plattsburgh, for petitioner.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Albany (Marcus J. Mastracco of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Peters, J.P., Lahtinen, Kavanagh, Stein and Garry, JJ., concur.


Petitioner, an inmate, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge a determination finding him guilty of violent conduct, assaulting an inmate and possessing a weapon, The Attorney General has advised this Court that the determination has been administratively reversed and all references thereto have been expunged from petitioner's institutional record. Inasmuch as petitioner has been afforded all the relief to which he is entitled, the petition must be dismissed as moot ( see Matter of Lafferty v Fischer, 61 AD3d 1235, 1235-1236; Matter of Arriaga v Smith, 55 AD3d 1115).

Adjudged that the petition is dismissed, as moot, without costs.


Summaries of

In re Johnson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 19, 2009
67 A.D.3d 1217 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

In re Johnson

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ROBERT JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. BRIAN FISCHER, as…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Nov 19, 2009

Citations

67 A.D.3d 1217 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 8530
888 N.Y.S.2d 446

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