Burr v. Goord

—Spain, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Castellino, J.), entered August 3, 2000 in Chemung County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to compel respondent to expunge from petitioner’s institutional records certain information related to petitioner’s criminal history.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking, inter alia, to compel respondent to expunge all references in petitioner’s institutional records which reflect charges against him of escape in the third degree (Penal Law § 205.05) and…