Nowlin v. Schriver

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Torraca, J.), entered March 27, 2000 in Ulster County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondents denying petitioner’s grievance.

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge a determination denying a grievance in which he claimed that he was wrongfully removed from his prison work assignment and was entitled to reinstatement and back pay. Supreme Court initially dismissed the petition for failure to state a cause of action and this Court,…