Epps v. Broaddus

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Ceresia, Jr., J.), entered October 19, 1995 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, dismissed the petition for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, was initially denied the right to participate in the correctional facility’s family reunion program based on the misconception that the conviction that resulted in his incarceration constituted a sexual offense. "When it came to light that petitioner’s incarceration arose out of his conviction of the crimes of robbery in the first degree…