PETERSON, RENE v. LECONEY, PATRICIA E.

Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

1073 KAH 13-00252 PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, CARNI, VALENTINO, AND WHALEN, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EX REL. RENE PETERSON, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,

V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

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.

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.

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