Fernandez v. Goord

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Connolly, J.), entered October 15, 2007 in Ulster County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition.

On December 1, 2006, while an inmate at Eastern Correctional Facility in Ulster County, petitioner filed a grievance over a disagreement that he had with the Protestant Chaplain concerning religious practices. The grievance was denied by the Inmate Grievance Resolution Committee and petitioner appealed to respondent Superintendent of the facility. Following an investigation, the…