People ex rel. Hampton v Dennison
2009 NY Slip Op 00767 [59 AD3d 951]
February 6, 2009
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, April 1, 2009


The People of the State of New York ex rel. Franklin Joel Thomas Hampton, Jr., Appellant, v Robert Dennison, Chairman, New York State Division of Parole, Respondent.

[*1] D.J. & J.A. Cirando, Esqs., Syracuse (John A. Cirando of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, Albany (Marlene O. Tuczinski of counsel), for respondent-respondent.

Appeal from a judgment (denominated order) of the Supreme Court, Wayne County (John B. Nesbitt, A.J.), entered October 11, 2007 in a habeas corpus proceeding. The judgment dismissed the petition.

It is hereby ordered that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Memorandum: This appeal by petitioner from a judgment dismissing his petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus has been rendered moot by his release to parole supervision (see People ex rel. Limmer v McKinney, 23 AD3d 806 [2005]). Contrary to petitioner's contention, the exception to the mootness doctrine does not apply here (see id.; People ex rel. Alexander v Walsh, 303 AD2d 1015 [2003], lv denied 100 NY2d 505 [2003]; see generally Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707, 714-715 [1980]). Present—Martoche, J.P., Fahey, Green and Pine, JJ.