People ex rel. Fletcher v Travis
2005 NY Slip Op 04828 [19 AD3d 1097]
June 10, 2005
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, August 24, 2005


The People of the State of New York ex rel. Timothy Fletcher, Appellant, v Brion Travis, as Chairman of New York State Division of Parole, Respondent.

[*1]Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Cayuga County (Peter E. Corning, A.J.), entered July 16, 2004 in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70. The judgment dismissed the petition.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Supreme Court properly dismissed the petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus. Contrary to the contention of petitioner, the determination that he violated the terms of his parole is supported by substantial evidence (see People ex rel. Sanchez v Herbert, 2 AD3d 1352 [2003]). We further reject the contention of petitioner that the parole warrant was improperly issued by his parole officer (see 9 NYCRR 8004.2 [a]). Present—Pigott, Jr., P.J., Green, Gorski, Martoche and Smith, JJ.