Opinion
2021-04463
07-16-2021
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 (ADAM W. KOCH OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT. LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (LAURA ETLINGER OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
WYOMING COUNTY-ATTICA LEGAL AID BUREAU, WARSAW (ADAM W. KOCH OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.
LETITIA JAMES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (LAURA ETLINGER OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., CENTRA, LINDLEY, TROUTMAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Wyoming County (Michael M. Mohun, A.J.), entered August 12, 2020 in a CPLR article 78 proceeding. 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 February 2021 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]).