People ex rel. Chaney v. Dagostino

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Caruso, J.) entered January 15, 2015 in Schenectady County, which dismissed petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, without a hearing.

Petitioner commenced this habeas corpus proceeding claiming to be illegally detained at the Schenectady County Correctional Facility. Supreme Court dismissed petitioner’s application based upon petitioner’s failure to satisfy the pleading requirements, including his failure to verify the petition and to attach to it the mandate under which he was detained or…