Rivera v. Dennison

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lynch, J.), entered November 8, 2007 in Albany County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul a determination of the Board of Parole denying petitioner’s request for parole release.

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to annul a May 2006 determination of the Board of Parole denying his request for parole release and imposing a 24-month hold. Supreme Court granted the petition based upon the Board’s failure to obtain and consider petitioner’s sentencing minutes and…