Opinion
1073 KAH 13-00252
11-14-2014
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EX REL. RENE PETERSON, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. PATRICIA E. LECONEY, SUPERINTENDENT, CAPE VINCENT CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
CHARLES J. GREENBERG, AMHERST, FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (OWEN DEMUTH OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: , PERADOTTO, CARNI, VALENTINO, AND WHALEN, JJ.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Jefferson County (James P. McClusky, J.), entered September 24, 2012 in a habeas corpus proceeding. The judgment denied the petition.
CHARLES J. GREENBERG, AMHERST, FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT.
ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (OWEN DEMUTH OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.
It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.
Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from a judgment that denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appeal has been rendered moot by petitioner's release to parole supervision (see People ex rel. Baron v New York State Dept. of Corrections, 94 AD3d 1410, 1410, lv denied 19 NY3d 807), and the exception to the mootness doctrine does not apply (see id.; see generally Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707, 714-715). Under the circumstances of this case, we decline to exercise our power to convert the habeas corpus proceeding into a CPLR article 78 proceeding (see People ex rel. Keyes v Khahaifa, 101 AD3d 1665, 1665, lv denied 20 NY3d 862).
Entered: November 14, 2014
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court