Brady v. Coughlin

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term (Cholakis, J.), entered August 30,1984 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction.

In an effort to challenge respondents’ denial of petitioner’s request for certain documents under the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law art 6), petitioner, an inmate at Green Haven Correctional Facility, attempted to commence a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 by mailing a copy of the notice *540of petition…