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Austin v. Fischer

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Mar 7, 2013
104 A.D.3d 980 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)

Opinion

2013-03-7

In the Matter of Edwin AUSTIN, Appellant, v. Brian FISCHER, as Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al., Respondents.

Edwin Austin, Dannemora, appellant pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General (Marcus J. Mastracco of counsel), Albany, for respondents.



Edwin Austin, Dannemora, appellant pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General (Marcus J. Mastracco of counsel), Albany, for respondents.
Before: PETERS, P.J., LAHTINEN, SPAIN and EGAN JR., JJ.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Breslin, J.), entered April 24, 2012 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was charged with possession of drugs and a weapon after a search of his cell revealed marihuana and an altered state razor wrapped in a cardboard handle secreted under his mattress. Petitioner was found guilty of those charges following a tier III disciplinary hearing and that determination was affirmedon administrative appeal. He then commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding and Supreme Court found petitioner's procedural contentions without merit and dismissed the petition. Petitioner now appeals.

We affirm, albeit on a different ground than relied upon by Supreme Court. Petitioner failed to object or raise any procedural issues before the Hearing Officer and, therefore, these issues are unpreserved for judicial review ( see Matter of Khan v. New York State Dept. of Health, 96 N.Y.2d 879, 880, 730 N.Y.S.2d 783, 756 N.E.2d 71 [2001];Matter of Scott v. Fischer, 57 A.D.3d 1035, 1036, 868 N.Y.S.2d 816 [2008],lv. denied12 N.Y.3d 705, 879 N.Y.S.2d 51, 906 N.E.2d 1085 [2009] ). Accordingly, the petition should have been dismissed on that basis.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Austin v. Fischer

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.
Mar 7, 2013
104 A.D.3d 980 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)
Case details for

Austin v. Fischer

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of Edwin AUSTIN, Appellant, v. Brian FISCHER, as…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.

Date published: Mar 7, 2013

Citations

104 A.D.3d 980 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)
960 N.Y.S.2d 262
2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 1447