Collins v. Goord

Crew III, J.P

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Stein, J.), entered August 17, 2004 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to *1049CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondents denying petitioner’s application to participate in a temporary release program.

Petitioner, a prison inmate, applied to participate in a temporary release program. The facility’s Temporary Release Committee denied petitioner’s application, citing his recidivist history. Following an unsuccessful administrative appeal, at which his pattern of criminal…