McEachin v. Goord

—Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Cobb, J.), entered March 19, 2002 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Petitioner was a prison inmate when he commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to challenge Supreme Court’s judgment dismissing his petition for lack of personal jurisdiction over respondent. The record discloses that petitioner failed to comply with an order to show cause that directed him to serve by mail respondent and the Attorney General with signed…