Opinion
2012-04-20
The PEOPLE of the State of New York EX REL. Andrique BARON, Petitioner–Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and Ekpe D. Ekpe, Superintendent, Watertown Correctional Facility, Respondents–Respondents.
Kathleen P. Reardon, Rochester, for petitioner-appellant. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Zainab A. Chaudhry of Counsel), for respondents-respondents.
Kathleen P. Reardon, Rochester, for petitioner-appellant. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Zainab A. Chaudhry of Counsel), for respondents-respondents.
MEMORANDUM:
Inasmuch as he has been released to parole supervision, this appeal by petitioner from the judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus has been rendered moot ( see *393 People ex rel. Graham v. Fischer, 70 A.D.3d 1381, 1381–1382, 893 N.Y.S.2d 793; People ex rel. Mitchell v. Unger, 63 A.D.3d 1591, 879 N.Y.S.2d 761; People ex rel. Hampton v. Dennison, 59 A.D.3d 951, 872 N.Y.S.2d 341, lv. denied 12 N.Y.3d 711, 881 N.Y.S.2d 661, 909 N.E.2d 584), and the exception to the mootness doctrine does not apply herein ( see Graham, 70 A.D.3d at 1381–1382, 893 N.Y.S.2d 793; Hampton, 59 A.D.3d at 951, 872 N.Y.S.2d 341; see generally Matter of Hearst Corp. v. Clyne, 50 N.Y.2d 707, 714–715, 431 N.Y.S.2d 400, 409 N.E.2d 876).
It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.