Williamson v. Nuttall

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Kavanagh, *927J.), entered March 21, 2006 in Ulster County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of the Department of Correctional Services denying petitioner’s application to participate in the family reunion program.

Petitioner is currently serving a prison sentence of life without parole for the beating and stabbing attack of his sister-in-law, in which his sister-in-law died. In November 2004, petitioner applied to participate in the family reunion program with his wife and…