Parker v. Lewars

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (LaBuda, J.), entered May 3, 2001 in Sullivan County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

Petitioner was an inmate at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County when he was expelled from the facility’s Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Program for repeated lateness. He filed an inmate grievance proceeding for reinstatement to the program and for expungement from his prison records of any negative statements made…