Scheidelman v. State of New York

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Francis T. Collins, J.), entered April 5, 2016. The order, among other things, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the claim.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Claimant commenced this action pursuant to Court of Claims Act § 8-b, seeking damages based upon allegations that he was unjustly imprisoned by defendant, State of New York (State). He now appeals from an order granting the State’s motion to dismiss the claim. We affirm.

Claimant was previously convicted of sexual abuse in…