Francis v. Goord

—Amended petition unanimously dismissed without costs. Memorandum: Respondents’ motion to dismiss the amended petition for lack of personal jurisdiction should have been granted. Petitioner served the amended petition by mail upon the Attorney General and the Oneida County Attorney, but served none of the respondents. “Absent a court order authorizing such service, petitioner did not obtain personal jurisdiction over respondents by serving the petition by mail upon the Attorney-General and the [Oneida] County Attorney” (Matter of Lowrance v Coughlin, 190 AD2d 915; see, Matter of Jarvis v…