Opinion
November 2, 2000.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Berke, J.), entered December 1, 1999 in Washington County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Correctional Services revoking Janmarie Eulo's visitation privileges.
Joseph Eulo, Auburn, appellant in person.
Eliot Spitzer, Attorney-General (Lew A. Millenbach of counsel), Albany, for respondents.
Before: Cardona, P.J., Peters, Spain, Mugglin and Lahtinen, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Petitioner, an inmate incarcerated at a State correctional facility, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding individually and on behalf of his spouse, Janmarie Eulo, challenging a determination revoking Eulo's visitation privileges based upon a finding that she smuggled contraband into the facility. Supreme Court dismissed the petition, finding that petitioner lacked standing to commence the proceeding because he was not aggrieved by the determination and was without authority to act in a representative capacity on behalf of Eulo. Petitioner appeals and we affirm.
Petitioner lacked standing to commence this proceeding on his own behalf because, although he was indirectly affected by the determination revoking Eulo's visitation privileges, he was not "aggrieved" thereby; petitioner has no real legal interest in the visitation privileges belonging to another individual and the determination has no direct and binding force against petitioner's own privilege to receive visitors (see generally, Matter of Kelly v. New York State Ethics Commn., 229 A.D.2d 848, 849; Matter of De Long, 89 A.D.2d 368, 370, lv denied 58 N.Y.2d 606). Moreover, although Eulo was aggrieved by the determination and is named as a petitioner in the caption of the petition, petitioner lacks standing to complain of constitutional deprivations allegedly occurring to Eulo during the course of the administrative hearing (see generally, Matter of Judge Rothenberg Educ. Cent. v. Maul, 230 A.D.2d 278, 281, lv dismissed, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 932; Matter of Estate of Smith v. Atlas Assembly/Crawford Furniture Mfg. Corp., 216 A.D.2d 804, lv denied 86 N.Y.2d 711; Matter of Eaton Assocs. v. Egan, 142 A.D.2d 330). Accordingly, Supreme Court properly dismissed the petition without considering the merits.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.