Cruz v. Goord

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Cobb, J.), entered April 10, 2000 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, a prison inmate, challenges the dismissal of his petition for lack of personal jurisdiction over respondents due to his failure to comply with the November 24, 1999 order to show cause, which relaxed the service requirements and directed that petitioner serve respondents and the Attorney General by first-class mail on or before a specified date and…