Vera v. Goord

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Bradley, J.), entered December 23, 2002 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a determination finding him guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules. Supreme Court granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction due to petitioner’s failure to serve the Attorney General as directed in the order to show cause. We affirm.

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