Matter of Burgess v. Prack

State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department Decided and Entered: December 17, 2015 520870 ________________________________ In the Matter of RONALD BURGESS, Petitioner, v MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT ALBERT PRACK, as Director of Special Housing and Inmate Disciplinary Programs, Respondent. ________________________________ Calendar Date: October 27, 2015 Before: McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Devine and Clark, JJ. __________ Ronald Burgess, Stormville, petitioner pro se. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Marcus J. Mastracco of counsel), for respondent. __________ Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of the Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a tier III disciplinary determination that found him guilty of drug use. The Attorney General has advised this Court that the determination at issue has 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. As petitioner has received all the relief to which he is entitled, the matter -2- 520870 must be dismissed as moot (see Matter of Shields v Prack, 131 AD3d 774, 775 [2015]). McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Devine and Clark, JJ., concur. ADJUDGED that the petition is dismissed, as moot, without costs. ENTER: Robert D. Mayberger Clerk of the Court