Opinion
No. 167 CA 22-00549
03-24-2023
IN THE MATTER OF ANTHONY ROMANO, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. ANTHONY ANNUCCI, ACTING COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
WYOMING COUNTY-ATTICA LEGAL AID BUREAU, WARSAW (MICHAEL J. MANUSIA OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT. LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (SARAH L. ROSENBLUTH OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
WYOMING COUNTY-ATTICA LEGAL AID BUREAU, WARSAW (MICHAEL J. MANUSIA OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.
LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (SARAH L. ROSENBLUTH OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., PERADOTTO, LINDLEY, BANNISTER, AND OGDEN, JJ.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Wyoming County (Michael M. Mohun, A.J.), entered March 30, 2022 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. The judgment dismissed the petition.
It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.
Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from a judgment dismissing his CPLR article 78 petition seeking to annul the Parole Board's determination denying his request for release to parole supervision. The Attorney General has advised this Court that, subsequent to that denial and during the pendency of this appeal, petitioner reappeared before the Parole Board in January 2023 and was again denied release. Consequently, this appeal must be dismissed as moot (see Matter of Colon v Annucci, 177 A.D.3d 1393, 1394 [4th Dept 2019]; Matter of Hill v Annucci, 149 A.D.3d 1540, 1541 [4th Dept 2017]). Contrary to petitioner's contention, this matter does not fall within the exception to the mootness doctrine (see Matter of Porter v Annucci, 148 A.D.3d 1779, 1779 [4th Dept 2017]; see generally Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 N.Y.2d 707, 714-715 [1980]).