Hicks v. Russi

Judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and petition granted. Memorandum: Petitioner, a parolee, appeals from a judgment dismissing his CPLR article 78 petition seeking injunctive relief. Petitioner seeks to preclude respondent parole authorities from interfering with his work on criminal cases as a paralegal and his efforts to sell his book directly to prison inmates. Petitioner contends that respondents’ attempts to restrict his pursuits as a paralegal and author/publisher are illegal, arbitrary and capricious, and a violation of the First Amendment and Due Process Clause.

We…