Matter of Cruz v New York State Bd. of Parole
2013 NY Slip Op 05941 [109 AD3d 1033]
September 19, 2013
Appellate Division, Third Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, October 30, 2013


In the Matter of Gregorio Cruz, Appellant, v New York State Board of Parole, Respondent.

[*1] Gregorio Cruz, Malone, appellant pro se.

Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Marcus J. Mastracco of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Cahill, J.), entered May 22, 2012 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner's request for parole release.

Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding challenging a July 2010 determination of respondent denying his request for parole release and requesting a de novo hearing. Supreme Court dismissed the petition and petitioner appeals. The Attorney General has advised this Court that petitioner reappeared before respondent in July 2012, at which time he was again denied parole release. Given this, the appeal must be dismissed as moot (see Matter of Lopez v Evans, 102 AD3d 1029, 1030 [2013]; Matter of Abreu v State of N.Y. Bd. of Parole, 101 AD3d 1214 [2012]).

Rose, J.P., Lahtinen, Spain and Egan Jr., JJ., concur. Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, as moot, without costs.