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In re Mercer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Feb 4, 2010
70 A.D.3d 1073 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)

Opinion

No. 506738.

February 4, 2010.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Feldstein, J.), entered February 17, 2009 in Clinton County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent finding petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

James R. Mercer Jr., Attica, appellant pro se.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Albany (Martin A. Hotvet of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Cardona, P.J., Peters, Rose, Kavanagh and McCarthy, JJ., concur.


Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking, among other things, to annul and expunge from his institutional record a tier II disciplinary determination that found him guilty of interfering with an employee and refusing a direct order. Supreme Court dismissed the petition, prompting this appeal. The Attorney General has informed this Court that, during the pendency of this appeal, the determination at issue has been administratively reversed and all references thereto have been expunged from petitioner's institutional record. To the extent that petitioner seeks to be restored to the status he enjoyed prior to the disciplinary hearing, "inmates have no statutory or constitutional right to their prior housing or programming status" ( Matter of Jackson v Coughlin, 199 AD2d 704; accord Matter of Grant v Fischer, 63 AD3d 1398, 1399). Accordingly, inasmuch as petitioner has received all the relief to which he is entitled, the appeal is dismissed as moot ( see Matter of Hinds v Venettozzi, 64 AD3d 1095, 1096).

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, as moot, without costs.


Summaries of

In re Mercer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Feb 4, 2010
70 A.D.3d 1073 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
Case details for

In re Mercer

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JAMES R. MERCER JR., Appellant, v. DALE ARTUS, as…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Feb 4, 2010

Citations

70 A.D.3d 1073 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 744
892 N.Y.S.2d 811

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