Farinaro v. Leonardo

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Berke, J.), entered February 10, 1988 in Washington County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

Petitioner, currently an inmate at Washington Correctional Facility in Washington County, received a disposition notice from the facility’s media review committee (hereinafter FMRC) that a publication entitled "Dolan’s Sports Martial Arts Catalog” would be withheld since it included detailed photographs of weapons in violation of…