Opinion
KAH 02-01723
June 13, 2003.
Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of Supreme Court, Erie County (Dillon, J.), entered July 2, 2002, which converted the petition for a writ of habeas corpus to a CPLR article 78 petition and dismissed the petition.
PRESCOTT, HOWITT, MANCHESTER ANDRUSCHAT, EAST AURORA (THOMAS E. ANDRUSCHAT OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.
FREDERICK A. WOLF, COUNTY ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (KRISTIN M. MACHELOR OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT H. McCARTHY GIPSON, SUPERINTENDENT, ERIE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
ELIOT SPITZER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (MARCUS J. MASTRACCO OF COUNSEL) FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT BRION D. TRAVIS, CHAIRMAN, NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF PAROLE.
PRESENT: HURLBUTT, J.P., SCUDDER, KEHOE, BURNS, AND GORSKI, JJ.
ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs ( see People ex rel. Christy v. Goord, 291 A.D.2d 835, lv denied 98 N.Y.2d 601).