FARRINGTON, HERBERT v. ANNUCCI, ANTHONY

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 194 CA 13-01857 PRESENT: PERADOTTO, J.P., CARNI, SCONIERS, AND WHALEN, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF HERBERT FARRINGTON, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ANTHONY ANNUCCI, ACTING COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. WYOMING COUNTY-ATTICA LEGAL AID BUREAU, WARSAW (LEAH R. NOWOTARSKI OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-APPELLANT. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALBANY (KATE H. NEPVEU OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT. Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Wyoming County (Mark H. Dadd, A.J.), entered September 18, 2013 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. The judgment dismissed the petition. It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs. Memorandum: Petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking to annul a determination that he violated a certain inmate disciplinary rule. After petitioner appealed Supreme Court’s judgment dismissing the petition, respondent issued an administrative order reversing the determination and directing that all references to the disciplinary proceeding be expunged. Because petitioner has obtained the relief he sought in the petition, this appeal is dismissed as moot (see Matter of Free v Coombe, 234 AD2d 996, 996). Entered: February 13, 2015 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court