Matter of Ramirez v. Annucci

State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department Decided and Entered: September 15, 2016 521513 ________________________________ In the Matter of RICARDO RAMIREZ, Petitioner, v MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT ANTHONY J. ANNUCCI, as Acting Commissioner of Corrections and Community Supervision, Respondent. ________________________________ Calendar Date: August 8, 2016 Before: Peters, P.J., McCarthy, Devine, Clark and Mulvey, JJ. __________ Sophia Heller, Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, Albany, for petitioner. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Martin A. Hotvet 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 respondent finding petitioner guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule. Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge a modified determination finding him guilty of violating a prison disciplinary rule. The Attorney General has advised this Court that the determination has now been administratively reversed, all references thereto have been expunged from petitioner's institutional record and the $5 mandatory surcharge has been refunded to petitioner's inmate account. In view of this, the petition must be dismissed as moot -2- 521513 (see Matter of Robinson v Prack, 137 AD3d 1452, 1452 [2016]; Matter of Roye v Annucci, 137 AD3d 1392, 1393 [2016]). Although petitioner seeks to be restored to the status that he enjoyed prior to the disciplinary determination, he is not entitled to such relief (see Matter of Khudan v Annucci, 139 AD3d 1198, 1198 [2016]; Matter of Corrieri v Annucci, 137 AD3d 1407, 1408 [2016]). He is, however, entitled to the restoration of any good time lost as part of the penalty imposed by the modified determination (see Matter of Clark v New York State Dept. of Corr. & Community Supervision, 138 AD3d 1331, 1332 [2016]; Matter of Corrieri v Annucci, 137 AD3d at 1408). Peters, P.J., McCarthy, Devine, Clark and Mulvey, JJ., concur. ADJUDGED that the petition is dismissed, as moot, without costs. ENTER: Robert D. Mayberger Clerk of the Court