Opinion
2012-06-29
The PEOPLE of the State of New York ex rel. Michael GONZALEZ, Petitioner–Appellant, v. WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF and New York State Division of Parole, Respondents–Respondents.
Robert Tucker, Palmyra, for Petitioner–Appellant. Michael Gonzalez, Petitioner–Appellant Pro Se.
Robert Tucker, Palmyra, for Petitioner–Appellant. Michael Gonzalez, Petitioner–Appellant Pro Se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Frank Brady of Counsel), for Respondent–Respondent New York State Division of Parole.
PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., FAHEY, PERADOTTO, CARNI, AND SCONIERS, JJ.
MEMORANDUM:
Supreme Court properly dismissed the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. “The challenges by petitioner to the determination of the Administrative Law Judge following his final parole revocation hearing ‘could have been addressed in the course of [an] administrative appeal,’ and thus petitioner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies” ( People ex rel. Giguere v. Barkley, 70 A.D.3d 1321, 893 N.Y.S.2d 781,lv. denied14 N.Y.3d 710, 2010 WL 1795311;see People ex rel. Bratton v. Mellas, 28 A.D.3d 1207, 1207–1208, 812 N.E.2d 244;see also 9 NYCRR 8006.3[a], [b] ). “Moreover, even if petitioner's purported constitutional claims might otherwise ‘justify a departure from the general rule requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies' ..., habeas corpus relief nonetheless is unavailable as such claims, even if meritorious, would not entitle petitioner to immediate release” ( People ex rel. Ariola v. Sears, 53 A.D.3d 1001, 1002, 862 N.Y.S.2d 635,lv. denied11 N.Y.3d 710, 868 N.Y.S.2d 603, 897 N.E.2d 1087;see People ex rel. Wethington v. Beaver, 306 A.D.2d 945, 946, 761 N.Y.S.2d 919).
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.