Matter of Rivas v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department Decided and Entered: February 5, 2015 519084 ________________________________ In the Matter of JUAN RIVAS, Petitioner, v MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION et al., Respondents. ________________________________ Calendar Date: December 2, 2014 Before: McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Lynch and Devine, JJ. __________ Juan Rivas, Napanoch, petitioner pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Marcus J. Mastracco of counsel), for respondents. __________ Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Ulster County) to review a determination of respondent Superintendent of Eastern Correctional Facility which found petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a tier II disciplinary hearing finding him guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule. The Attorney General has advised this Court that the determination has been administratively reversed, all references thereto have been expunged from petitioner's disciplinary record, and the mandatory $5 surcharge has been ordered refunded to petitioner's inmate account. In view of this, and given that petitioner has received all of the relief to which he is entitled, the matter is -2- 519084 dismissed as moot (see Matter of Dexter v Fischer, 120 AD3d 1468, 1468 [2014]). McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Lynch and Devine, JJ., concur. ADJUDGED that the petition is dismissed, as moot, without costs. ENTER: Robert D. Mayberger Clerk of the Court