McCants v. Travis

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Bradley, J.), entered September 14, 2000 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to challenge a March 1999 determination denying his request for parole release. Supreme Court granted respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction. This appeal by petitioner ensued.

The record establishes that petitioner failed to serve respondent as directed…