Semkus v. State

—Order, Court of Claims of the State of New York, New York County (Alan Marin, J.), entered *75July 9, 1998, which denied claimant’s motion for partial summary judgment and granted defendant New York State’s cross motion to dismiss the claim, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Claimant seeks damages for his alleged “illegal incarceration” when the Division of Parole improperly classified him as a “category 2” violator and revoked his parole. Determinations pertaining to parole and its revocation, however, are deemed strictly sovereign and quasi-judicial in nature and, accordingly, the State, in…