Opinion
01-26-2017
In the Matter of Leo A. MARINO, Appellant, v. Anthony J. ANNUCCI, as Acting Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondent.
Leo A. Marino, Malone, appellant pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (William Storrs of counsel), for respondent.
Leo A. Marino, Malone, appellant pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (William Storrs of counsel), for respondent.
Before: McCARTHY, J.P., EGAN JR., ROSE, CLARK and AARONS, JJ.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Collins, J.), entered October 6, 2014 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondent's motion to dismiss the petition.
Petitioner sought to commence this proceeding challenging multiple determinations that denied various grievances filed by him, as well as requests for information that he filed under the Freedom of Information Law. Respondent moved to dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction due to petitioner's failure to timely serve respondent and the Attorney General on or before the date set forth in the order to show cause. Supreme Court granted the motion, and this appeal ensued.
We affirm. It is well established that failure of an inmate to comply with the directives set forth in an order to show cause will result in dismissal of the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction, unless the inmate demonstrates that imprisonment presented obstacles beyond his or her control which prevented compliance (see Matter of Ciochenda v. Department of
Correctional Servs., 68 A.D.3d 1363, 1363, 892 N.Y.S.2d 569 [2009] ; Matter of Thomas v. Selsky, 34 A.D.3d 904, 904, 823 N.Y.S.2d 568 [2006] ). Petitioner has failed to make such a showing here. Although petitioner claims that the delay in service was due to the purported delay by prison officials in processing his request for copy disbursements in order to make the necessary photocopies, he offers no explanation as to why such request was made over two weeks after the order to show cause was signed. As such, we are unpersuaded that petitioner made the necessary showing that the delay in the service requirement was attributable solely to obstacles beyond his control (see Matter of Thomas v. Selsky, 34 A.D.3d at 904–905, 823 N.Y.S.2d 568 ; Matter of Davis v. Goord, 20 A.D.3d 785, 786, 798 N.Y.S.2d 591 [2005], lv. dismissed and denied 5 N.Y.3d 861, 807 N.Y.S.2d 12, 840 N.E.2d 1025 [2005] ).
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.