Matter of Cendales v. Sheahan

146 A.D.3d 1260, 44 N.Y.S.3d 922

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: January 26, 2017
• Docket: 522828
• Status: Published

Opinion

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Chemung County) to review a determination of the Superintendent of Southport Correctional Facility finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule.

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge a tier II determination finding him guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule. The Attorney General has advised this Court that the determination has since been administratively reversed, all references thereto have been expunged from petitioner’s institutional record and the mandatory $5 surcharge has been refunded to petitioner’s inmate account. Given that petitioner has received all of the relief to which he is entitled, the petition must be dismissed as moot (see Matter of Simmons v Kirkpatrick, 142 AD3d 1245, 1245 [2016]). As the record discloses that petitioner was assessed a $15 reduced filing fee, he is entitled to a refund of that amount (see Matter of Rodriguez v Prack, 142 AD3d 1235, 1235 [2016]).

Peters, P.J., McCarthy, Devine, Clark and Mulvey, JJ., concur.

Adjudged that the petition is dismissed, as moot, without costs, but with disbursements in the amount of $15.