Opinion
2012-08-2
In the Matter of Keith TOWNES, Appellant, v. Brian FISCHER, as Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondent.
Keith Townes, Romulus, appellant pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Marcus J. Mastracco of counsel), for respondent.
Keith Townes, Romulus, appellant pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Marcus J. Mastracco of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Zwack, J.), entered August 10, 2011 in Albany 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 a prison disciplinary rule.
Petitioner, a prison inmate, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to review a tier III disciplinary determination that found him guilty of possessing unauthorized medication. Supreme Court dismissed the petition, prompting this appeal. The Attorney General has informed this Court that, during the pendency of this appeal, the determination has been administratively reversed, all references thereto have been expunged from petitioner's institutional record and the mandatory surcharge has been refunded to his inmate account. Because petitioner has received all the relief to which he is entitled, the appeal must be dismissed as moot ( see Matter of VanNess v. Fischer, 89 A.D.3d 1248, 1249, 932 N.Y.S.2d 385 [2011];Matter of Joseph v. LaClair, 79 A.D.3d 1495, 1496, 912 N.Y.S.2d 916 [2010] ).
ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed, as moot, without costs.