Legal Opinion
Pettus v. Department of Correctional Services
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 22, 2010PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Connolly, J.), entered May 29, 2009 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition.
Petitioner is an inmate incarcerated at Southport Correctional Facility in Chemung County. He commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding apparently challenging certain actions of the warden of the facility. Petitioner, however, failed to specify the precise nature of the actions being challenged in the petition. As a result, respondents moved to dismiss the petition for, among other things,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rodriguez v. GoordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Henriquez v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- MATTER OF BARNES v. La ValleeNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
3Cited by6 opinions
- Lashway v. EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Matter of Cumberland v. Commissioner of Corrections and Community SupervisionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- Meyer v. HoganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Lashway v. EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Walker v. SullivanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
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