Jones v. Hassan

Petitioner institutes this proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 for a review of the respondents’ denial of his request for participation in a temporary release program; or to supply petitioner with a proper statement as to the reasons why he is ineligible to participate in the program.

Petitioner is an inmate confined at the Queensboro Corree*747tional Facility pursuant to a conviction based on a plea of guilty to the crime of robbery in the first degree. On March 29, 1977 he submitted a request for temporary release. By letter dated April 1, 1977 from William Altschuller, Assistant Director of…