Vega v. Fischer

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (McNamara, J.), entered September 25, 2012 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, denied petitioner’s motion to renew and/or vacate a prior judgment.

In 2009, petitioner’s request to participate in an inmate apprenticeship training program for legal clerks was denied by the Department of Labor, the administrator of such program. Petitioner thereafter filed a grievance with the correction facility and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (hereinafter DOCCS), which was denied. Petitioner then commenced…