Opinion
2013-02-8
The PEOPLE of the State of New York ex rel. Lamont REYNOLDS, Petitioner–Appellant, v. Dale ARTUS, Superintendent, Gowanda Correctional Facility, and Brian Fischer, Commissioner, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondents–Respondents.
Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Christopher J. Burns, J.), entered September 27, 2011 in a habeas corpus proceeding. The judgment dismissed the petition. Robert M. Goldstein, Buffalo, for Petitioner–Appellant. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Zainab A. Chaudhry of Counsel), for Respondents–Respondents.
Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Christopher J. Burns, J.), entered September 27, 2011 in a habeas corpus proceeding. The judgment dismissed the petition.
Robert M. Goldstein, Buffalo, for Petitioner–Appellant. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Zainab A. Chaudhry of Counsel), for Respondents–Respondents.
MEMORANDUM:
Petitioner's appeal from the judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus has been rendered moot inasmuch as he reached the maximum expiration date of his sentence and was released from custody on May 18, 2012 ( see People ex rel. Kent v. New York State Div. of Parole, 87 A.D.3d 1205, 1206, 929 N.Y.S.2d 776;People ex rel. Brown v. LaClair, 74 A.D.3d 1642, 1643, 902 N.Y.S.2d 457;People ex rel. Dickerson v. Unger, 62 A.D.3d 1262, 1263, 877 N.Y.S.2d 727,lv. denied12 N.Y.3d 716, 884 N.Y.S.2d 692, 912 N.E.2d 1073), and none of the issues raised herein fall within the exception to the mootness doctrine ( see Matter of Hearst Corp. v. Clyne, 50 N.Y.2d 707, 714–715, 431 N.Y.S.2d 400, 409 N.E.2d 876;see generally Dickerson, 62 A.D.3d at 1263, 877 N.Y.S.2d 727;People ex rel. Faison v. Travis, 277 A.D.2d 916, 916, 715 N.Y.S.2d 672,lv. denied96 N.Y.2d 705, 725 N.Y.S.2d 277, 748 N.E.2d 1073).
It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.