Eanes v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Collins, J.), entered June 22, 2009, which, among other things, granted defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim.

Claimant alleges, among other things, false imprisonment and negligence arising from the imposition of postrelease supervision by the Department of Correctional Services, rather than by the sentencing court, and her subsequent incarceration for violating the terms of her release. Recent decisions have held that the Department’s acts in confining individuals similar to claimant, “although in excess of its…