State of New York
Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Third Judicial Department
Decided and Entered: March 10, 2016 521322
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In the Matter of TODD CHANEY,
Appellant,
v
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TINA M. STANFORD, as Chair of
the Board of Parole,
Department of Corrections
and Community
Supervision,
Respondent.
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Calendar Date: January 19, 2016
Before: McCarthy, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose and Devine, JJ.
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Todd Chaney, Attica, appellant pro se.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Laura
Etlinger of counsel), for respondent.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Mott, J.),
entered June 5, 2015 in Albany County, which dismissed
petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR
article 78, to review a determination of the Board of Parole
denying petitioner's request for parole release.
Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding
seeking to challenge a January 2014 determination of the Board of
Parole denying his request for parole release. Supreme Court
dismissed the petition on the merits, prompting this appeal. The
Attorney General has advised this Court that petitioner
reappeared before the Board in January 2016, at which time he was
granted an open date for parole release. Accordingly, this
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appeal is moot and must be dismissed (see Matter of Irving v
Evans, 120 AD3d 1502, 1502 [2014]; Matter of Beltran v New York
State Bd. of Parole, 105 AD3d 1224, 1224-1225 [2013]). Contrary
to petitioner's assertion, the exception to the mootness doctrine
finds no application here (see Matter of Butler v New York State
Div. of Parole, 74 AD3d 1533, 1533 [2010]).
McCarthy, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose and Devine, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed, as moot, without
costs.
ENTER:
Robert D. Mayberger
Clerk of the Court