Opinion
225 KAH 16–00853
03-16-2018
The PEOPLE of the State of New York EX REL. Jasmine VALENTIN, Petitioner–Appellant, v. Anthony ANNUCCI, Acting Commissioner, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, and Sheryl Zenzen, Superintendent, Albion Correctional Facility, Respondents–Respondents.
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (BENJAMIN L. NELSON OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER–APPELLANT. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (JEFFREY W. LANG OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS–RESPONDENTS. ALEXANDER A. REINERT, NEW YORK CITY, FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EX REL. JASMINE VALENTIN, AMICUS CURIAE.
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (BENJAMIN L. NELSON OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER–APPELLANT.
ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (JEFFREY W. LANG OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENTS–RESPONDENTS.
ALEXANDER A. REINERT, NEW YORK CITY, FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EX REL. JASMINE VALENTIN, AMICUS CURIAE.
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, DEJOSEPH, AND NEMOYER, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Memorandum:Petitioner appeals from a judgment dismissing her petition for a writ of habeus corpus. The appeal has been rendered moot by petitioner's release to parole supervision (see People ex rel. Moore v. Stallone , 151 A.D.3d 1839, 1839, 54 N.Y.S.3d 349 [4th Dept. 2017]; People ex rel. Yourdon v. Semrau , 133 A.D.3d 1351, 1351, 19 N.Y.S.3d 456 [4th Dept. 2015] ), and the exception to the mootness doctrine does not apply (see generally Matter ofHearst Corp. v. Clyne , 50 N.Y.2d 707, 714–715, 431 N.Y.S.2d 400, 409 N.E.2d 876 [1980] ).
It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.